Idiom
meant to
Meaning
supposed to, obliged to, ought to
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I meant to call you yesterday, but I forgot.”
“The train was meant to arrive at noon, but it is running late because of the storm.”
“Although the project was meant to be completed by the end of the quarter, unforeseen technical difficulties forced the team to request an extension.”
Examples
simple
“I meant to call you yesterday, but I forgot.”
contextual
“The train was meant to arrive at noon, but it is running late because of the storm.”
complex
“Although the project was meant to be completed by the end of the quarter, unforeseen technical difficulties forced the team to request an extension.”
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