be meant to do sth
fixed phr..fixed phr.. you use this when someone expects you to do something because of a rule, a duty, or a plan.
fixed phr.. a semi-auxiliary construction used to express obligation, expectation, or the intended purpose of an action based on external requirements.
I am meant to do my homework before dinner.
You were meant to do the dishes this morning, but you left them in the sink.
The new legislation was meant to do away with bureaucratic delays, yet it seems to have inadvertently created several new layers of administrative complexity.
always used in the passive form ('be meant') followed by a to-infinitive.
contrast this with 'supposed to'; while often interchangeable, 'meant to' can imply a deeper sense of destiny or original purpose.
I meant to do it.I was meant to do it.without the verb 'to be', the meaning changes from an external expectation to a personal intention.