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Intended For: Standard Pattern

Intended For: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.

Quick answer

Use “intended for” to identify the intended recipient, audience, place, purpose, or use of something.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective or complement construction
Termsintended for

Further guidance

Construction

Use “intended for” to identify the intended recipient, audience, place, purpose, or use of something.

Style Boundary

English also uses “intend to,” “intend something as,” and other constructions. This page covers the directly documented “intended for” pattern.

Sources and evidence

Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.

  1. Intend something for someone/something — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge Dictionary · Direct dictionary evidence for “intended for” recipient, group, place, or purpose

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