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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
destined
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At first their predictions seemed destined to come true.
▪ He's already sold much of his crop, and most are destined to become Halloween lanterns.
▪ He decided to dispense with the goodlooking, personable high-achiever destined to succeed and instead back the incumbent of this space.
▪ I begin my answer to the hon. Member by reminding the House that those who ignore history are destined to repeat it.
▪ Personally, I would like to have seen him play Karpov but that seems destined to remain the match that never was.
▪ She was not destined to be a great painter but she had the confidence and luck to be a successful one.
▪ The relationship with Mimi had survived its stormy months, though it was not destined to last much longer.
▪ Their dangerous, uncontrolled sexuality is destined to be muted by the life-long practice of inhuman austerities and self-denial.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Destined

Destine \Des"tine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Destined; p. pr. & vb. n. Destining.] [F. destiner, L. destinare; de + the root of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Obstinate.] To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object preceded by to or for.

We are decreed, Reserved, and destined to eternal woe.
--Milton.

Till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had destined, did obtain.
--Tennyson.

Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way.
--Longfellow.

Syn: To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend; devote; consecrate; doom.

Wiktionary
destined
  1. Confined to a predetermined fate or destiny; certain. v

  2. (en-past of: destine)

WordNet
destined
  1. adj. 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" [syn: bound]

  2. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous" [syn: bound(p)]

Wikipedia
Destined (Cast novel)

Destined is the ninth volume of the House of Night fantasy series written by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. The book was published on October 25, 2011 by St. Martin's Press, an extension of Macmillan Publishers.

Zoey Redbird has started a new House of Night in the tunnels with her friends, but is struck hard when she finds out of her mother's death. Erik has become a Tracker and Rephaim has been granted the gift of humanity and they both struggle with their choices. Heath Luck has become part Neferet's vessel, Aurox, because of the sacrifice, Linda Heffer's, weakness.

Destined (Pike novel)

Destiny is fourth and final young-adult faerie novel in the New York Times best-selling Wings series by Aprilynne Pike. It follows Pike's #1 New York Times best-selling debut, Wings, and the direct sequels, Spells and Illusions.

Destined was released in the United States on May 1, 2012. It debuted at #115 on the USA Today Bestseller list.

Destined

Destined may refer to:

  • Destiny
  • Destined (Pike novel), 2012
  • Destined (Cast novel), 2011
  • Destined Records, a British independent record label

Usage examples of "destined".

Located where the Tailaroam River emptied into the Glittergeist Sea, the port was abustle with traffic as cargo was transferred from barges and keelboats to ocean-going freighters or animal-drawn wagons destined for the numerous towns and cities sprinkled through the vast forest known as the Bell woods.

She is not beautiful like Agata and for this reason she is destined for the convent.

The black shadow that covers the canvas dissolves, revealing the bright faces, now a little faded: Signoretto, Geraldo, Carlo, Fiammetta, Agata, the beautiful Agata, who seemed then to be destined for a future as a queen.

Farms have been established where animals destined to sacrifice, are born and bred.

There were also Vilmos, paramount of storm giants, Ottar, jarl of frost giants, and all the other Sons of Annam, the eternal monarchs born of Othea and destined to rule the races of giant-kind as long as Ostoria endured.

She had no temple and was handled by a jobbing priestess in Cable Street, but Moist had a feeling that by the end of the day Anoia was destined for higher things.

However, she was certain about one thing: Monster or not, Arion was her destined mate.

That would have been a tragedy because Roberto Arroya was an intellectual genius, a man destined for greatness-either great good or great evil.

Out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the MacDuffs turned south along the Rio Grande toward the spot where the seeds of the ancient Caledonian and Athapascan warriors were destined to meet again for the first time, perhaps, since they had set out upon opposite trails from the birthplace of humanity in the days when ferns were trees, and unsailed seas lashed the shores of continents that are no more.

Bishop Wieber died of cancer late in 1964, the life of Gerald Beauvais was destined to change radically.

John preferred to take the place of danger which I had destined for others, and remained at Bilston till the worst was over.

Ruyven was at Tramontana, so she had heard, and perhaps he was the laranzu for whose hands these birds were destined.

Robes and skins were destined to become clothing, blankets, shields, or lightweight bullboats for traversing the rivers.

Ay, and when he thinks of the plenty of bible swords which he left behind him, destined to prove, and which have already proved, pretty calthrops in the heels of Popery.

I anticipated, were most helpful, speaking freely before, and to, one whom they thought destined to the chains of a slave.