destined

[des-tind]

adjective

1. bound for a certain destination.

   a freighter destined for Manila.

2. ordained, appointed, or predetermined to be or do something.

3. liable, planning, or intending to be or do something.

destined

/ ˈdɛstɪnd /

adjective

1. foreordained or certain; meant

   he is destined to be famous

2. (usually foll by for) heading (towards a specific destination); directed

   a letter destined for Europe

Other Word Forms

• undestined adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of destined¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; destine + -ed ²

Example Sentences

But he'd always known he was destined to share his father's fate, until today.

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That whole project, by the way, is destined to fail.

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Police say the drugs were destined for mainland Europe or Great Britain.

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She cited festivals in mission towns, such as Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days Fiesta, where people dress up like the Californios of yore to remember a romanticized era that was destined to end badly.

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Buckley’s searching, searing turn seems destined to be lauded countless times these next few months, a performance that is as impossible to ignore as the character she plays.

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Related Words

• coming 
• designed 
• doomed 
• intended