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destined

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des·tine  (dstn)
tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines
1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic.
2. To assign for a specific end, use, or purpose: money destined to pay for their child's education.
3. To direct toward a given destination: a flight destined for Tokyo.

[Middle English destinen, from Old French destiner; see destiny.]

destined [dess-tinnd]
Adjective
1. certain to be or do something: the school is destined to close this summer
2. heading towards a specific destination: some of the oil was destined for Eastern Europe [Latin destinare to appoint]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.destined - headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York"
orientated, oriented - adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout"
2.destined - (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous"
sure, certain - certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win"

destined
adjective fated, meant, intended, designed, certain, bound, doomed, ordained, predestined, foreordained >> destined for bound for, booked for, directed towards, scheduled for, routed for, heading for, assigned to, en route to, on the road to
Translations
destined [ˈdɛstɪnd] adj destined for London → con destino a Londres

destined [ˈdɛstɪnd] adj to be destined to do sth → être destiné(e) à faire qch;
destined for London → à destination de Londres

destined [ˈdɛstɪnd] adj to be destined to do sth → dazu bestimmt or ausersehen sein, etw zu tun;
to be destined for → bestimmt or ausersehen sein für

destined [ˈdɛstɪnd] adj to be destined to do sth → essere destinato(a) a fare qc;
destined for London → diretto a Londra, con destinazione Londra

destined
adj destined [ˈdestind]
1 (having a future) organized or arranged beforehand (by a person or by fate) She was destined for success. voorbestem مُقَدَّر لَهُ предопределен předurčený bestemt for; bestemt til bestimmt προορισμένος destinado ette määratud مقدر شده برای ennalta määrätty destiné à נוֹעָד ל- निर्दिष्ट, नियत predodređen vmire rendeltetve van ditakdirkan sem er ætlaður ákveðinn ferill destinato 運命づけられた 미리 정해진, ...할 운명인 (kam) skirta, lemta iepriekšnolemts mentakdirkan voorbeschikt bestemt for/til predystynowany, z góry przeznaczony destinado menit предназначенный predurčený določen (za kaj) predodređen []bestämd, ämnad ซึ่งถูกกำหนดไว้ล่วงหน้าแล้ว kaderinde var, alnına yazılmış 注定的 приречений مقدر نے جسے پہلے سے طے کیا ہو đã được trù định từ trước
2 bound or heading (for a place) destined for Singapore. voorbestem مُتَّجِه إلى предназначен určený, směřující på vej til unterwegs (nach) κατευθυνόμενος con destino teel عازم؛ رهسپار matkalla à destination de מְיוֹעָד לְ- निर्दिष्ट namijenjen vhová tartó menuju á leið til diretto ~行きである ...행의 vykstantis ar galamērķi arah bestemd vei til, med kurs mot przeznaczony, zmierzający destinado cu destinaţia направляющийся smerujúci namenjen (proti) putovati za destinerad ซึ่งมุ่งหน้าไปทาง ...-e gidecek 向...去的 такий, що прямує, тримає курс کسی مقام کی طرف قصد کرنا đi đến một nơi ...


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They ran thus: "AN IMPENETRABLE MYSTERY SEEMS DESTINED TO HANG FOR EVER OVER THIS ACT OF MADNESS OR DESPAIR.
Again, "the good and just," throughout the book, is the expression used in referring to the self-righteous of modern times,-- those who are quite sure that they know all that is to be known concerning good and evil, and are satisfied that the values their little world of tradition has handed down to them, are destined to rule mankind as long as it lasts.
Recognition, as the name indicates, is a change from ignorance to knowledge, producing love or hate between the persons destined by the poet for good or bad fortune.
 
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