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des·ti·na·tion (des′tə nā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. Rare a destining or being destined
  2. the end for which something or someone is destined
  3. the place toward which someone or something is going or sent

Etymology: ME destinacioun < L destinatio, settlement, appointment < destinare: see destine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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