Meaning of intended in English

intended
noun [ C usually singular ]
  old-fashioned or humorous
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/ɪnˈten.dɪd/ us
/ɪnˈten.dɪd/
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the person that you are going to marry:
I shall be there with my intended.
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(Definition of intended from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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in Chinese (Traditional)
未婚夫, 未婚妻…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
未婚夫, 未婚妻…
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in Portuguese
prometido\prometida…
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