(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ to do something, you have decided or planned to do it.
She ~s to do A levels and go to university...
I didn’t ~ coming to Germany to work...
We had always ~ed that the new series would be live.
VERB: V to-inf, V -ing, V that
2.
If something is ~ed for a particular purpose, it has been planned to fulfil that purpose. If something is ~ed for a particular person, it has been planned to be used by that person or to affect them in some way.
This money is ~ed for the development of the tourist industry...
Columns are usually ~ed in architecture to add grandeur and status...
Originally, Hatfield had been ~ed as a leisure complex.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed for n, be V-ed to-inf, be V-ed as n
3.
If you ~ a particular idea or feeling in something that you say or do, you want to express it or want it to be understood.
He didn’t ~ any sarcasm...
Burke’s response seemed a little patronizing, though he undoubtedly hadn’t ~ed it that way...
This sounds like a barrage of accusation–I don’t ~ it to be...
I think he ~ed it as a put-down comment.
= mean
VERB: V n, V n n, V n to-inf, V n prep