Destine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic.
  • v. To assign for a specific end, use, or purpose: money destined to pay for their child's education.
  • v. To direct toward a given destination: a flight destined for Tokyo.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To preordain
  • v. To assign something (especially finance) for a particular use
  • v. To have a particular destination
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object preceded by to or for.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To set apart, ordain, or appoint to a use, purpose, office, or place.
  • To appoint or predetermine unalterably, as by a divine decree; doom; devote.
  • Synonyms To intend, mark out, consecrate, dedicate, decree, allot.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. decree or designate beforehand
  • v. design or destine
  • Verb Form
    destined    destines    destining   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ordain   
    Cross Reference
    address   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    consecrate    mark out    determine    allot    intend    devote    choose    doom    design   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    guardando    splendide    claire    #24-26    d'envoyer    d'amor    profond    sereno    gloire