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destined /ˈdɛstɪnd /adjective [predicative]1(Of a person’s future) regarded as developing as though according to a pre-existing plan: he was destined for great things [with infinitive]: they were destined to become diplomats...- Sir Francis's two surviving sons were both destined for active service rather than the leisurely life of gentry on a country estate.
- Prince William, who is destined one day to be King of England, was spotted and photographed on the ski slopes at the exclusive Swiss resort of Klosters.
- Nor Michael Portillo, who has been almost completely absent from the public eye since he was passed over for the leadership for which he once seemed destined.
1.1 ( destined to) Certain to meet (a particular fate): the Act seems destined to failure...- They were destined, I am sure, to be eaten in the hotels around the Islands.
- But extreme in loco parentis protection of legal adults from their own stupid decisions is a sick and dangerous idea, and one that's destined not just to fail but to backfire.
- Then it was a bitterly divided, gurning sort of town, uncertain about its cultural future, destined apparently to cede ground to the self-confidently expanding Glasgow, City of Culture 1990.
1.2 ( destined for) Intended for or travelling towards (a particular place): the shipment of illegal drugs destined for American and European markets...- He may well intend a decent slice of the cash destined for Anfield to be drawn, shamelessly, from public funds.
- While the goal-bound effort took a deflection it was always destined for the back of the net.
- A member of staff confirmed that any bags of tin cans left anywhere other than in the skip would be destined for landfill.
Synonyms heading, bound, en route, scheduled; directed to, routed to; intended, meant, designed, set; set apart, designated, appointed, allotted, booked, reserved 1.3 [attributive] Preordained: your heroine will be united with her destined mate...- And so my destined soul mate finally walks the earth.
- The elves had long ago sworn protection of the royal house for future safety of its destined hero.
- But we quickly discover our emotional focus within the imaginative Geruthe, destined bride of Horwendil.
Synonyms fated, ordained, preordained, foreordained, predestined, predetermined, certain; sure, bound, assured, guaranteed, very likely; doomed, foredoomed, meant; written in the cards, in the wind/air British informal nailed on |