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adjective

1.

bound for a certain destination :

a freighter destined for the Orient.

2.

ordained, appointed, or predetermined to be or do something.

3.

liable, planning, or intending to be or do something.

Origin of destined

1590-1600

1590-1600; destine + -ed2

Related forms

undestined, adjective

destine

[des-tin] 

 

verb (used with object), destined, destining.

1.

to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.

2.

to appoint or ordain beforehand, as by divine decree; foreordain;predetermine.

Origin

1250-1300; Middle English destinen < Old French destiner < Latindēstināre to establish, determine, equivalent to dē- de- + *stanāre,derivative of stāre to stand

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Examples from the Web for destined

Contemporary Examples

• Brie Larson just seems like the coolest person, and destined to breakout ina huge way soon.
  John Gallagher Jr., Star of ‘Newsroom’ and ‘Short Term 12,’ Is Hollywood’s Nicest GuyKevin Fallon August 22, 2013 
• All of us are destined to live our lives between those two extremes.
  Bill Clinton’s Speech: Read the Full Text Here The Daily Beast September 5, 2012 
• Friends, family, and acquaintances had been telling Michelle for years thatBarack was destined for great things.
  8 Surprises in Jodi Kantor’s Book ‘The Obamas’ Laura Colarusso January 10, 2012 
• No, this brief delay must be a sign that the implementation of the AffordableCare Act is destined to result in abject failure.
  The GOP Is Terrified Obamacare Could Be a Success Jon Favreau July 10, 2013 
• A few months ago, Roth says, Lautner "sat in my office and said he wasdestined to do Max Steel."
  Is He Sabotaging His Career? Kim Masters March 8, 2010 

Historical Examples

• These hopes were destined to be fulfilled in the larger McGill of our day.
  McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 Cyrus Macmillan 
• You, some of you Anglo-Saxons yourselves, destined to be obliterated as I shall be, are fighting me.
  Still Jim Honor Willsie Morrow 
• It was thus that in future all was destined to be burned behind him.
  History of the Expedition to Russia Count Philip de Segur 
• But this journey was not destined at all to resemble the first.
  Celebrated Travels and Travellers Jules Verne 
• Of those who took the new route, a part were destined for California.
  Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and Life on the Frontier Frances Fuller Victor 

British Dictionary definitions for destined

destined

/ˈdɛstɪnd/

adjective (postpositive)

1.

foreordained or certain; meant: he is destined to be famous

2.

(usually foll by for) heading (towards a specific destination); directed: a letter destined for Europe

destine

/ˈdɛstɪn/

verb

1.

(transitive) to set apart or appoint (for a certain purpose or person, or to do something); intend; design

Word Origin

C14: from Old French destiner, from Latin dēstināre to appoint, from de- +-stināre, from stāre to stand

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Word Origin and History for destined

destine

v.

c.1300, from Old French destiner (12c.), from Latin destinare "make fast orfirm, establish" (see destination ). Originally in English of the actions ofdeities, fate, etc. Of human choices or actions, from early 16c. Related:Destined.

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