Collocations for "intended"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "intended" in context.
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intended
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- was not its intended purpose
- was not the intended result
- did not [deliver, produce, have] the intended effect
- [missed, shot, eliminated] the intended [victim, target]
- was the intended audience
- Who is your intended audience?
- were (not) the intended recipient (of)
- was an intended [snub, rebuke, comment, rejection]
- intended [primarily, solely] for
- (not) intended for resale
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intend
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- (do not) intend to [use, be, do, take, pay, continue, make, keep]
- intended to [hire, fire, dismiss, promote] him
- is intending to [leave, quit, drop out]
- (did not) intend to become [pregnant, wealthy]
- intends to become [president, owner, CEO]
- I intend to [find out, contest]
- intended to [replace, provide, substitute]
- what do you intend to do (about it)?
- (just) as nature intended
- is not what I intended
- intended for [emergency, staff, office, industrial] use
- the [funds, supplies] were intended for [emergency] use
- intend for [this, those, them] to
- (did not) intend for this to [happen, occur]
- intended for this [information, data, image] to
- intend on [using]
- hadn't intended [staying, leaving, going]
- intend that [you, these] will
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