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des·tine
 destine
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- pronunciation:
- de
stihn
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
destines, destining, destined |
| definition 1: |
to specify for or send toward a particular place, end, or purpose.
These pine logs are destined for the sawmill.They set out on a ship destined for the New World.- similar words:
- mean
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| definition 2: |
to ordain in advance or fix on a particular course, as by fate or divine will.
Her efforts were destined to fail.His extraodinary talent destined him for success.- similar words:
- doom, fate, mean, ordain
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| related words: |
dedicate, ticket |
adverb + (v.)destine
genetically, likely, originally, otherwise, seemingly, somehow, surely
(v.)destine
+ adverb
but, exclusively, forever
(v.)destine
+ noun
altar,
classic,
conception,
consumption,
display,
eternity,
extinction,
failure,
fame,
fate,
glory,
greatness,
happiness,
landfill,
lifetime,
oblivion,
obscurity,
painter,
recycling,
sale,
salvation,
shelf,
slave,
stardom,
trash
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