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[des-tind]

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adjective

bound for a certain destination: a freighter destined for the Orient.

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

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

Origin:
1590–1600; destine + -ed²

Related forms

un·des·tined, adjective

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Pitts hardly seemed destined for a long career in pro football.

Now the building also seems destined to serve as a cautionary tale for colleges everywhere.

Not so long ago, government-controlled companies were regarded as half-formed creatures destined for full privatisation.

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Pitts hardly seemed destined for a long career in pro football.

Now the building also seems destined to serve as a cautionary tale for colleges everywhere.

Not so long ago, government-controlled companies were regarded as half-formed creatures destined for full privatisation.

Throughout the country, healthy stock around infected farms will also be destined for slaughter as a preventative measure.

Some extinct animals have anatomical oddities that seem destined to be confined to the marginalia of history.

No matter what you do, the tree is going to shed needles destined to become lodged in the bottom of your foot.

Debra's new book is destined to be a tremendous hit, as it explains things so clearly and has so many inspiring images.

Or maybe last year's gifts are long forgotten and destined for the trash bin.

They seem destined for center stage in the war against common cancers and perhaps other age-related diseases.

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Pigs destined for slaughter are often seen crammed excruciatingly tightly in cages on the backs of lorries.

Ivan seemed destined for infamy almost from the moment it formed.

Not everyone with a car potentially destined for the charity car market is going to buy a new car.

These were destined for the altar of a magnificent stone abbey the settlers planned to build.

Some video game characters are destined for greatness.

IT sometimes seems that photographers and commercial publishers are incompatible species, destined endlessly to malign each other.

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They are destined not for pet shops but for the table.

Astronomers believe such rings are destined to condense into planets, comets, and asteroids similar to those in our solar system.

Of course, not all children are destined for a life in the sciences.

It is to test the belief that humans are destined to live in other places in addition to earth.

He seemed destined for even more glory in the field of cardiac genetics.

He was not destined to lose at all, and did so only because he ran a dismal campaign.

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For centuries, printed journals destined for university libraries have been the focus of this publishing activity.

But it is destined to repeat its violent past and destroy itself again.

In other words, it would be destined to collapse, but it.

But population and cost pressures are destined to resurrect the hinterlands.

Corn prices are expected to rise again this year as more of the crop is destined to become fuel.

Its popularity is destined to grow, however, for next summer it will be available in dwarf form as a pot plant.

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Not surprisingly, other childish possessions once destined for the dustbin are finding their way into collections.

Camels destined for the beauty contest are led to the pens where they will be held and judged.

The move to pay for eggs destined for research may also reflect changing mores.

Those tasty larvae were destined to become plain brown moths.

But that's not the real reason to post about this lamp, which is destined to remain the concept design it currently is.

Leftover mashed potatoes normally head straight for the trash can, but this year they are destined for a higher purpose.

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Most emerging-market banks do have a sense that they are destined for great things.

Although not for color, it does however provide our first insight to all elements destined to be on the final map.

Contrary to what many people believe, highly intelligent children are not necessarily destined for academic success.

And you'll need a warranty because the fuel cell stack is destined to foul and need replacement in five to ten years.

Moretti, a heroic size group of figures, destined as a part of an ornamental entranceway.

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All are destined for production within two or three years.

How these two peoples-the destined parvenu and the doomed caretaker of a continent-would have interacted is a potent mystery.

Much of it is destined to fullfill demand created by.

So it might be destined to become a widescreen movie-lover's best friend.

They also call attention to a new ore district, and one that seems destined to be important.

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Elizabeth was destined for harder things than adorning churches.

The band is destined to gain fans on the international world music festival circuit.

Ed schools prey on students destined to become teachers.

It's about eating as efficiently as possible, so that grains destined for livestock will reach people instead.

After the sober colors and serious shapes of fall, resort styles are vibrant and playful, destined for fun in the sun.

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Exactly what haptic devices will be used for is still unclear, but they seem destined to become more widespread in future.

She has watched these landscapes morph as humans try to anchor barrier islands that were never destined to stand still.

Celiac patients who also have other autoimmune disease are destined to have all their autoimmunity cured by larazotide.

What follows is a step-by-step of this horrible idea that's destined to become a favorite of gross and depraved kids nationwide.

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Gradually our path became a muddy maze of boulders and tree roots that seemed destined to twist one of our ankles.

Without addressing the underlying biological mechanisms of aging we're all destined for a slow decline in bad health.

As with people, some affections are destined to be unrequited.

However, this particular student is not destined for such things in his future--if you get my meaning.

Isolated behaviorally as well as genetically, each community appears destined to rise or fall on its own.

Personally, i fear death not at all and know that human life was destined as this universe has inexorably unfolded.

The hanging part actually looks more useful than the roller, which is destined to break soon enough.

If the building was destined to contain corpses, this is certainly a happier outcome than what might have been.

Sadly, many of these babies are destined for a life of poverty….

The extra protection, he said, is being added to vehicles destined for hot battleground areas.

We are all commodities now, and destined in time to function as machines in a purely transactional system of use values.

No one believes that they alone are destined for oblivion.

McChrystal was clearly not destined to remain a college guest lecturer for long.

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Robot designers can help foster that mindset by resisting the urge to anthropomorphize droids destined for service in combat.

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Humans are destined to become algorithm-determined and defined machines.

Any business that puts profit before a quality product and good customer service is a business destined to fail.

My guess is that a brochure with this kind of message is destined for the old round file.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object), -tined, -tin·ing.

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

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

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

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World English Dictionary

destined (ˈdɛstɪnd)

—*adj*
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

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Word Origin & History

destine

c.1300, from Fr. destiner (12c.), from L. destinare "make fast or firm, establish" (see destination). Originally in English of the actions of deities, fate, etc. Of human choices or actions, from early 16c. Related: Destined.

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