'Destined' definitions:
Definition of 'destined'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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, destined]
adjective
(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), destined]
Definition of 'Destined'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- We are decreed, Reserved, and destined to eternal woe. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had destined, did obtain. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way. --Longfellow.
- Syn: To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend; devote; consecrate; doom. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'destined'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appointed,
- approaching,
- bound,
- certain,
- coming,
- designed,
- desired,
- destinal,
- determined,
- devoted,
- doomed,
- emergent,
- eventual,
- extrapolated,
- fatal,
- fated,
- fateful,
- fatidic,
- foredoomed,
- foreordained,
- forthcoming,
- future,
- futuristic,
- hereafter,
- hoped-for,
- imminent,
- in store,
- in the cards,
- ineluctable,
- inescapable,
- inevitable,
- intended,
- later,
- marked,
- meant,
- nearing,
- ordained,
- planned,
- plotted,
- predestined,
- predetermined,
- predicted,
- probable,
- projected,
- prophesied,
- prospective,
- sure,
- to come,
- to-be,
- ultimate,
- unavoidable,
- written