Intended and Needed

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Intended adjective - Made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing.

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Needed and intended are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Needed" instead an adjective "Intended".

Nearby Words: intentional, intending, intension

Needed adjective - Impossible to do without.

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Intended and needed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intended" instead an adjective "Needed".

Nearby Words: need, needs, needy, needful, needing

The Mentor: Hikaru originally intended to be this for everyone, but he realized Sato needed his help far more than any one else did and as a result trained him solely instead.

Source: Literature / Forbidden Book
For example, as originally intended, you would have needed to build up your relationship with the Indians and the Jesuits, but instead, they just trust you completely all the time, making the items that are intended to improve your relations with them absolutely useless.

Source: Video Game / Sid Meier's Pirates!
In this case they only did it because they still needed the sword to destroy the Horcruxes and, after everything was over, Harry intended to keep his promise.

Source: Exact Words / Literature

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