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adjective

as in fated

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verb

past tense of destine
as in doomed
to determine the fate of in advance his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball

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Recent Examples of destined
Verb
His younger brother Princewill Umanmielen currently leads college football in sacks at LSU, with eight and seems destined to join Princely in the NFL one day. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026 Some survive because treatment works, not because the cancer was detected earlier; others survive because they were overdiagnosed (diagnosed with a cancer not destined to cause symptoms or death). — H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026 Now it’s destined to become the nation’s biggest natural gas power plant built to supply electricity to multiple large data centers as well as power to thousands of homes. — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026 If not, they are destined to bow out much earlier than anyone wants. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Despite his parents’ showbiz failures, Stallone was convinced that he was destined for success as an actor. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Many of his supporters believed Charlie was destined for the Oval Office one day. — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026 Ella’s father himself was due to leave in the next day or two, destined—even he—for the front. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026 These are not pieces destined to live in the back of the closet after the collaboration buzz fades. — Camila Quimper, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for destined
  1. predestined
  2. doomed
  3. possible
  4. ordained
  5. likely
  6. probable
Adjective
  • His paintings and ceramics are layered and collage-like, driven by instinct rather than by a predestined end point.
    — Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Hassouna and co-editor Denis LePaven pace the chronological patchwork of footage less as a story with a predestined shape, and more as shifting tiles of accumulating losses that the audience can traverse without being too overwhelmed.
    — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of predestined
Verb
  • The benders blame Korra, the last Avatar, as the person who doomed their world.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • And a fluke goal doomed SKC to a 2-1 loss in the dying minutes.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of doomed
Adjective
  • Another 1 to 3 inches of rain is possible through the rest of the weekend, with localized totals exceeding 5 inches, as showers shift toward the Northeast.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Cappu is using the market to meet distributors and other possible partners on the title, with available rights to be confirmed on a per-territory basis.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of possible
Verb
  • It will also be broadcast by Catholic media giant EWTN and livestreamed on the YouTube channel of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, the diocese where Sheen was ordained.
    — Aleja Hertzler-McCain, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The Episcopal Church has allowed women to be in ministry since 1974, and Ashby was ordained by Lamb.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of ordained
Adjective
  • The path to closing the merger was often a rocky one and at times seemed likely to derail.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Other Grail investigators modeled the likely impact of their multicancer test, estimating a 25% reduction in the death rate for all cancers combined.
    — H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of likely
Adjective
  • He was expected to be cleared this week, but still has not been deemed probable.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
  • If shares can eclipse this mark then upside targets of $135 to $138 are probable.
    — Jay Woods, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of probable

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“Destined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destined. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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