Destined
adjective
Meant or planned to do or be something in the future.
She was destined to become a great pianist.
Often appears as...
- destined for greatness
- destined to happen
past participle
Having a future that is already decided or sure to happen.
The ship was destined for Boston.
Often appears as...
- destined for
- destined to become
adjective
Meant or planned to do or be something in the future.
She was destined to become a great pianist.
Often appears as...
- destined for greatness
- destined to happen
past participle
Having a future that is already decided or sure to happen.
The ship was destined for Boston.
Often appears as...
- destined for
- destined to become
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Future Intentions
Indicates what someone intentions or destiny is shaping towards, often with a positive note.
He is destined to lead the company.
Pro Tip 2/3Inevitable Outcome
Implies a certain outcome is almost assured, usually because of natural talent or ability.
With her intelligence, she was destined for success.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Narratives
Often used retrospectively to describe paths of historical or significant figures.
Gandhi was destined to lead India to independence.
Pro Tip 1/3Future Intentions
Indicates what someone intentions or destiny is shaping towards, often with a positive note.
He is destined to lead the company.
Pro Tip 2/3Inevitable Outcome
Implies a certain outcome is almost assured, usually because of natural talent or ability.
With her intelligence, she was destined for success.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Narratives
Often used retrospectively to describe paths of historical or significant figures.
Gandhi was destined to lead India to independence.
Pro Tip 1/3Future Intentions
Indicates what someone intentions or destiny is shaping towards, often with a positive note.
He is destined to lead the company.
Pro Tip 2/3Inevitable Outcome
Implies a certain outcome is almost assured, usually because of natural talent or ability.
With her intelligence, she was destined for success.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Narratives
Often used retrospectively to describe paths of historical or significant figures.
Gandhi was destined to lead India to independence.
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Floating cities, the...
And even if the whole world woke up tomorrow and became carbon-neutral over night, there are still island nations that are destined to sink in the seas, unless we also develop alternate forms of floating human habitats. And the only constant in the universe is change.
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The voices in my head PIPE...
a kind of psychic civil war, and in turn this caused the number of voices to increase and grow progressively hostile and menacing. Helplessly and hopelessly, I began to retreat into this nightmarish inner world in which the voices were destined to become
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What is dust made of? -...
We’re all destined to become dust, but it’s also possible that we came from it. Interstellar dust has been found to carry organic compounds through space. It’s possible that billions of years ago, some of these cosmic particles were the seed of life
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Eric X. Li: A tale of...
trotted around the globe selling this Multiple parties fight for political power and everyone voting on them is the only path to salvation to the long-suffering developing world. Those who buy the prospectus are destined for success.
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Dillie the Deer: Love on...
struggling blind creature would become such a part of our life at that time we didn't even believe she was going to survive the night yet she was destined to push herself into our hearts and home forever what kinds we have here
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Einstein's miracle year...
Yet within the following year, Einstein would publish not one, not two, not three, but four extraordinary papers, each on a different topic, that were destined to radically transform our understanding of the universe.
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How aspirin was...
If they scraped the bark off a particular kind of tree and ate it, their pain disappeared. Little did they know that why they'd found was destined to influence the future course of medicine.
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Daughter Wolf Sneaks...
unable to separate for half an hour, to ensure fertilisation. Not so good if you're about to be caught by your dad. The affair was always destined to be a short one.
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Reintegrating cities...
destined to become apart said I could also be a floating landscape and by that I could protect the edges of cities from the surges of storms or I could become a
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Lessons from death row...
And so, he was destined to be raised by a single mom, which might have been all right except that this particular single mom was a paranoid schizophrenic,
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Floating cities, the...
And even if the whole world woke up tomorrow and became carbon-neutral over night, there are still island nations that are destined to sink in the seas, unless we also develop alternate forms of floating human habitats. And the only constant in the universe is change.
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The voices in my head PIPE...
a kind of psychic civil war, and in turn this caused the number of voices to increase and grow progressively hostile and menacing. Helplessly and hopelessly, I began to retreat into this nightmarish inner world in which the voices were destined to become
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What is dust made of? -...
We’re all destined to become dust, but it’s also possible that we came from it. Interstellar dust has been found to carry organic compounds through space. It’s possible that billions of years ago, some of these cosmic particles were the seed of life
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Eric X. Li: A tale of...
trotted around the globe selling this Multiple parties fight for political power and everyone voting on them is the only path to salvation to the long-suffering developing world. Those who buy the prospectus are destined for success.
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Dillie the Deer: Love on...
struggling blind creature would become such a part of our life at that time we didn't even believe she was going to survive the night yet she was destined to push herself into our hearts and home forever what kinds we have here
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Einstein's miracle year...
Yet within the following year, Einstein would publish not one, not two, not three, but four extraordinary papers, each on a different topic, that were destined to radically transform our understanding of the universe.
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How aspirin was...
If they scraped the bark off a particular kind of tree and ate it, their pain disappeared. Little did they know that why they'd found was destined to influence the future course of medicine.
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Daughter Wolf Sneaks...
unable to separate for half an hour, to ensure fertilisation. Not so good if you're about to be caught by your dad. The affair was always destined to be a short one.
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Reintegrating cities...
destined to become apart said I could also be a floating landscape and by that I could protect the edges of cities from the surges of storms or I could become a
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Lessons from death row...
And so, he was destined to be raised by a single mom, which might have been all right except that this particular single mom was a paranoid schizophrenic,
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Hennessy Carolina
American Entertainer
That's my number one thing I tell people: Be patient, because love comes to you naturally. Once you look for it, you choose the wrong person. Everything happens naturally; people come into your life when you're ready. When it's meant to be, it's destined for it to happen, so you're going to meet The One, one day.
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Kamaru Usman
Nigerian Athlete
When I first got into the sport, or first got into athletics, I always felt that sense of responsibility that I was destined for something bigger, that I was going to do something major.
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Jenny Packham
British Designer
I realised as a teenager that I was destined for a creative life and found that fashion design was something I enjoyed and was a potentially successful career path.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Swedish Athlete
Anything that happens in your life was meant to happen. It is your destiny. I was destined to have the life I have now, and I can't have any regrets.
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Nicola Sturgeon
Scottish Politician
There's nothing in my background that would have said I was destined to be a senior politician.
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Naseem Hamed
British Athlete
From the age of seven, I was destined to be a legend, to be the world's most popular fighter.
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Joe Paterno
American Coach
Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.
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Buffalo Bill
American Celebrity
I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
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Ron Moody
British Actor
Fate destined me to play 'Fagin.' It was the part of a lifetime.
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Ryan Garcia
American Boxer
I've said all along that I was destined for greatness.
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Hennessy Carolina
American Entertainer
That's my number one thing I tell people: Be patient, because love comes to you naturally. Once you look for it, you choose the wrong person. Everything happens naturally; people come into your life when you're ready. When it's meant to be, it's destined for it to happen, so you're going to meet The One, one day.
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Kamaru Usman
Nigerian Athlete
When I first got into the sport, or first got into athletics, I always felt that sense of responsibility that I was destined for something bigger, that I was going to do something major.
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Jenny Packham
British Designer
I realised as a teenager that I was destined for a creative life and found that fashion design was something I enjoyed and was a potentially successful career path.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Swedish Athlete
Anything that happens in your life was meant to happen. It is your destiny. I was destined to have the life I have now, and I can't have any regrets.
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Nicola Sturgeon
Scottish Politician
There's nothing in my background that would have said I was destined to be a senior politician.
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Naseem Hamed
British Athlete
From the age of seven, I was destined to be a legend, to be the world's most popular fighter.
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Joe Paterno
American Coach
Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.
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Buffalo Bill
American Celebrity
I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
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Ron Moody
British Actor
Fate destined me to play 'Fagin.' It was the part of a lifetime.
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Ryan Garcia
American Boxer
I've said all along that I was destined for greatness.
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