destine
destine
Definition
des·tine (des′tin)
transitive verb -·tined, -·tin·ing
- to predetermine, as by fate: usually in the passive
- to set apart for a certain purpose; intend
Etymology: ME destinen < OFr destiner < L destinare, to fasten down, secure < de-, intens. + *stanare < base of stare, stand
destined for
- headed for; bound for
- intended for destined for leadership
destine
Synonyms
destine
v.
destine
Usage Examples
Object
- packet: The problem I have is getting Packets destined for internet to go out the modem line when it's not connected.
- container: The objects were in discovered in Karachi alongside furniture in a container destined for Dubai.
- mail: But these are mostly used for scanning mail destined for other systems that are more vulnerable to viruses.
- traffic: In my ideal world the " through " traffic not destined for Manchester would never touch the Eccles interchange at all.
Preposition: for
- greatness: Even with that haircut, they're destined for greatness.
- stardom: Something which combines a novel approach to computer games with home networking would seem destined for stardom.
- oblivion: Feature: Sex and death - is the Y chromosome destined for oblivion?
- relegation: He was asked to resign in December 1932, with the Addicks looking destined for relegation, having agreed a pay-off of £ 1000.
- landfill: She said I wasn't allowed to do this at it was destined for landfill.
- slaughter: All the breeding stock that farmers cry over losing are also all destined for slaughter!
Infinitive complement
- fail: The children of the school were destined to fail.
- die: Why should they give a moment to think about the sentient creatures destined to die inside a facility they are building?
- become: Angelina Jolie was always destined to become a huge movie star.
- disappear: Like most ' popular ' crafts, they are destined to disappear without trace on the cultural record.
- succeed: The subsequent success of Sparta and The Mars Volta only goes to show that these five guys from El Paso where destined to succeed.
- marry: Destined to marry her cousin Buchanan, she falls in love and marries the Earl of Avondale.
Modifying Another Word
- surely: An excellent treatise on writing high-quality programs, surely destined to become a classic of the field.
- ultimately: In that event, history would record that the Conference on Disarmament was ultimately destined to succeed, not to wither and fade away.
- forever: Canada has produced some of the finest movie comedians of modern times - even if they are forever destined to be mistaken for Americans.
- seemingly: However all of this was futile and the Jensen Motor Company looked like it was going nowhere, seemingly destined for collapse.
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