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as God intended

as God intended

8.3
In the simple natural way people think God wants things to be
  • idiom
translation icon : como Dios quiso
  • We face each other as God intended.

Examples

  • I have been working hard with everyone to build a community where we can finally live free as God intended.

    The Sacrament (2014)

  • The flowers bloomed beautifully this spring, just as God intended them to.

  • I said, you know, how could I be angry... ...when this is clearly as God intended for it to be for me?

    Runaway Bride (1999)

  • We should embrace life as God intended us to live it, free and joyful.

  • They built their family home in the countryside, as God intended for a peaceful life.

Synonyms

meant to be
vsas God intended
246 3.7

Planned or seen as certain to happen

assumes outcomes follow divine will or natural order
to go according to plan
vsas God intended
33 2.4

To happen as expected

frames outcomes as following divine will rather than human planning
to go as expected
vsas God intended
1 2.3

Happen in the planned way

views events as aligned with divine will or natural order

Surface Forms

as God intended positive

Morphology

as + God + intended

The phrase literally combines a manner marker 'as' with 'God' (agent) and 'intended' (meant or planned), so its meaning 'in the way God meant' is directly derivable from the constituent words. This compositional structure has close equivalents in many languages (e.g., Spanish 'como Dios quiso' or French 'comme Dieu l'a voulu'), making it immediately understandable to learners who know the parts.

Etymology

As God intended comes from a simple image of leaving things exactly as God wanted, like a garden left to grow by itself without changes. So, it now means doing something 'in the way it was meant' or in a natural, simple way.