destination
[des-tuh-ney-shuh n]
- the place to which a person or thing travels or is sent: Her destination was Rome.
- the purpose for which something is destined.
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- noting an attraction or event that people are willing to travel a long distance to get to, either because it is very good or distinctive or because it is located in a popular and interesting place: destination restaurants and resorts; a destination wedding in the Caribbean.
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Origin of destination
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Contemporary Examples
He seemed to get a little turned around on the way but managed to reach what might have been presumed to be his destination.
Pan American Airways thought enough of the destination to finance one of the hotel-casinos just off the Malecon.
Her destination was Corcoran, California, where Charles Manson is spending his remaining days in a state prison.
What was once just a stopover point quickly became a destination in its own right.
You will have to forgive him for labeling more than one destination in such a superlative fashion.
Historical Examples
There is not more than one chance in a hundred of its reaching its destination.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
If he walked fast he might yet overtake his friends ere they reached their destination.
The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle
There we were, and there perforce we must remain till we reached our destination.
The Roof of FranceMatilda Betham-Edwards
By the time we reached our destination the storm had become truly awful.
The Roof of FranceMatilda Betham-Edwards
The letter, hastening to its destination, had contained the stolen money.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
destination
- the predetermined end of a journey or voyage
- the ultimate end or purpose for which something is created or a person is destined
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Word Origin and History for destination
n.
1590s, "act of appointing," from Latin destinationem (nominative destinatio) "purpose, design," from past participle stem of destinare "determine, appoint, choose, make firm or fast," from de- "completely, formally" (see de-) + -stinare, related to stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Modern sense (1787) is from place of destination, where one is "destined" to go.
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