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destined

[des-tind] / ˈdɛs tɪnd /
ADJECTIVE
bound for, fated in near future
Synonyms
STRONGEST
coming designed doomed intended
STRONG
brewing closed compelled condemned directed foreordained impending looming meant menacing near ordained overhanging predestined predetermined sealed settled stated threatening
WEAK
at hand certain compulsory forthcoming hanging over in prospect in store in the cards in the wind ineluctable inescapable inevitable inexorable instant predesigned que sera sera that is to be that will be to come unavoidable way the ball bounces
Antonyms
STRONG
distant remote unsettled
WEAK
avoidable unscheduled
ADJECTIVE
en route, on the road to
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appropriated booked
STRONG
appointed assigned chosen consigned delegated designated determined directed entrained heading prepared routed scheduled specified
WEAK
bent upon bound for ordered to
Antonyms
WEAK
avoidable unscheduled

Example Sentences

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Destined entirely for use in Brazil, that output would supply roughly a fifth of the country’s potash needs over the mine’s 30-year lifespan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

Destined to be one of, if not the, best footballers in the world.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

Destined for trouble, he finds it unfailingly wherever he goes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025

Destined to keep expanding, an Atlantic-type ocean will eventually become the exterior ocean of the next supercontinent.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

Destined to Whom, for What, was not so clear to them; but nevertheless destined to "elevate" humanity to some sort of super-plane.

From The Airlords of Han by Paul, Frank R.

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