Destination
[,destɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n] or [,dɛstɪ'neʃən]
Definition
(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.
Editor: Lucius
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fate, lot, doom, fortune, star, destiny.[2]. Purpose, design, end, object, aim, scope, drift.[3]. Goal, harbor, haven, landing-place, resting-place.
Inputed by Katrina
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Purpose, intention, design, consignment, object, end, fate, doom, arrival,application, use, scope, appointment, point, location, goal, aim
ANT:Operation, tendency, exercise, action, movement, design, initiation, project,effort
Edited by Lizzie
Examples
- The perpetual allotment and destination of this fund, indeed, is not always guarded by any positive law, by any trust-right or deed of mortmain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Its destination was the old church of Saint Pancras, far off in the fields. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- This letter I had wisely allowed to reach its destination, feeling at the time that it could do no harm, and might do good. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And what would have been your destination? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Presently we came upon our destination, a great amphitheatre situated at the further edge of the plain, and about half a mile beyond the garden walls. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I asked her if that were not our destination? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Sedgwick can move along the pike to Chancellorsville and on to his destination. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The letter never reached its destination; but that, and other proofs, she kept, in case they ever tried to lie away the blot. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- And now, when she was seated inside, I entreated her to let me see her set down safely at her destination. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But with a sort of second consciousness he steered the car towards a destination. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Before we get to our destination we find the wheels themselves beginning to thump and jolt, and the passage becomes more difficult, more uncomfortable, and so much slower. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In that case, I know where you are going, said Crispin, carefully shaking the ashes out of his pipe; your destination is the Island of Melnos. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Gaily the grey horses curvetted to their destination at the church-gate, a laughter in the whole movement. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A train for Coketown would come through presently, Mrs. Sparsit knew; so she understood Coketown to be her first place of destination. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Neither General Prentiss nor Colonel Marsh, who commanded at Jackson, knew their destination. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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