26984 words

destined

5 definitions • 8 examples
1

Examples:

destined for The money was destined for the relief of poverty, but was diverted by corrupt officials.
These cars are destined for the European market.
2
travelling or being sent to somewhere:

Examples:

destined for Customs officers have seized nearly a ton of heroin destined for New York.
3
controlled by fate, and not by humans:

Examples:

destined for She is destined for an extremely successful career.
[ + to infinitive ] These plans are destined to fail.
[ + that ] Do you think it was destined that we should one day meet?
4
intended for or being sent to a particular place:

Examples:

The mail was destined for addresses throughout the Northeast.
5
To be destined can mean to happen in a particular way that seems to have been decided in advance:

Examples:

[ + to infinitive ] He was destined to die before he could complete the poem.

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