Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The place to which one is going or directed.
- n. The ultimate purpose for which something is created or intended.
- n. Archaic An act of appointing or setting aside for a specific purpose.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of destining or appointing; appointment; designation.
- n. The purpose for which anything is intended or appointed; end or ultimate design; predetermined object or use: as, every animal is fitted for its destination.
- n. The place to which a thing is appointed or directed; the predetermined end of a journey, voyage, or course of transmission; goal: as, the ship's destination was unknown; the destination of a letter or package.
- n. In Scots law, a term, generally speaking, applied to the series of heirs called to the succession of heritable or movable property, by the provision of the law or title, or by the will of the proprietor: but usually applied in a more limited sense to a nomination of successors in a certain order, regulated by the will of the proprietor. Synonyms Purpose, intention, lot, fate.
Wiktionary
- n. archaic The act of destining or appointing.
- n. Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.
- n. The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of destining or appointing.
- n. Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.
- n. The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
- n. written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
- n. the ultimate goal for which something is done
Etymologies
- From Latin dēstinātiōnem, from dēstināre ("to destine"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It gives new meaning to the term "destination winery.”
The Huffington Post: Mary Orlin: Wine Country's Sexy New Winery
“The phrase "destination restaurant" usually conjures up visions of white tablecloths and fine china, but pilgrimage-worthy food doesn't always come from a cosmopolitan kitchen.”
“Grossinger's, the resort many considered the gem of the Borscht Belt and the premier mountain destination, is now abandoned, moss and plants growing through carpets, over pools, and around doorways that were once teeming with children.”
The Huffington Post: Annemarie Dooling: Mountain Resorts of the Past Earning a Second Life
“A heady mix of shopping, eating and entertainment options has turned malls across the US into similar tourism magnets and coined the phrase "destination malls.”
“No reason to go there unless my destination is the central library, historical society or a land use hearing (and those really aren't worth going to since I already know the way a majority of them will be decided).”
“Also: if your destination is a B&B or other hotel at Lake Chapala, ask that they email directions to you in Spanish, so you can print the directions and just hand them to your taxi driver.”
“About halfway out of Zamora toward your destination is the fairly good-sized town of Zacapu which is the center of the Purhépecha nowadays.”
“The MTA envisions big retailers taking space, along with a "grand bar" overlooking the Manhattan skyline and what it calls "destination" restaurants, similar to the Campbell Apartment in Grand Central.”
The Wall Street Journal: Retail Destination for Fulton Street Hub
“The argument for lunar versus Mars as a destination is the wrong argument.”
“It doesn't matter if the destination is the Moon (sorties or outpost), Mars and its moons, asteroids, or L1 satellites ... if the transportation system is too expensive to develop and operate, it will be a feeble effort at best.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘destination’.
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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Writing
immunity, reaching, affinity, divinity, ingenuity, linguistics, pictures, kaleidoscopes, statistics, hope, monolith, mist and 222 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Now Boarding
airline, plane, aircraft, passenger, ticket, boarding pass, reservation, pilot, steward, stewardess, flight attendant, air hostess and 38 more...
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TT1 Lesson 6
surfboard, duffel bag, either, carry, carry-on, connecting flight, depart, Honolulu, Hawaii, destination, final, board and 10 more...
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