You use intended to describe the thing you

are trying to achieve or person you are trying to affect.

The intended target had been a military building.
Keith hoped the obvious sarcasm would have its intended effect.
It's never occurred to me that the intended victim of the fire was
Margaret.

Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense interprets , present

participle interpreting , past tense , past participle interpreted
1. verb
If you interpret something in a particular way,
you decide that this is its meaning or significance.
The whole speech might well be interpreted as a coded message to the
Americans.
The judge quite rightly says that he has to interpret the law as it's been
passed.
Both approaches agree on what is depicted in the poem, but not on how it
should be interpreted.

Synonyms: explain, define, clarify, spell out More Synonyms of

interpret

2. verb
If you interpret what someone is saying, you translate
it immediatelyinto another language.
The chambermaid spoke little English, so her husband came with her to
interpret.
Interpreters found they could not interpret half of what he said.

Synonyms: translate, convert, paraphrase, adapt