destined; destining
1
: to decree beforehand : predetermine
was not destined to attain the throne
2
a
: to designate, assign, or dedicate in advance
believed their son was destined for the priesthood
destined to succeed
a flaw that destines them to fail
b
: to direct, devise, or set apart for a specific purpose or place
freight destined for European ports
Examples of destine in a Sentence
his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball
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Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Matos hit a line drive that appeared destined for right field.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025
In the nineteen-nineties, talk of Disneyfication sometimes presumed that Manhattan was destined to grow ever more prosperous and orderly, but both the 2008 recession and the 2020 pandemic reminded many New Yorkers that other fates were possible, not all of them more appealing.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
In the first film, Alex discovers that all seven people who got off that plane are still in danger because they had been destined to die in the explosion, and now Death is coming to collect.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 16 May 2025
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“Destine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/destine. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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destine
verb
des·tine
ˈdes-tən 
destined; destining
1
: to settle in advance
a plan destined to fail
2
: to choose, assign, or dedicate in advance
destined their child for the study of law
3
: to be bound or directed
a ship destined for New York
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