Meaning of DESTINATION
| Pronunciation: | | `destu'neyshun
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- [n] the ultimate goal for which something is done
- [n] written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
- [n] the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhuasted as their destination came into view"
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| | Synonyms: | | address, finish, goal, name and address, terminus |
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| | See Also: | | direction, end, end, finish line, finishing line, goal, instruction, letter, missive, postal code, postcode, poste restante, return address, zip code | |
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| | Definition: | | \Des`ti*na"tion\, n. [L. destinatio determination:
cf. F. destination destination.]
1. The act of destining or appointing.
2. Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end,
object, or use; ultimate design.
3. The place set for the end of a journey, or to which
something is sent; place or point aimed at.
Syn: Appointment; design; purpose; intention; destiny; lot;
fate; end.
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| | Related Terms: | | address, aim, anchorage, apodosis, appointed lot, astral influences, astrology, billhead, book of fate, bourn, butt, by-end, by-purpose, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, coda, conclusion, constellation, consummation, crack of doom, culmination, cup, curtain, curtains, death, decease, denouement, destiny, dies funestis, direction, doom, effect, end, end in view, end point, ending, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, expiration, fatality, fate, final cause, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finis, finish, foredoom, fortune, Friday, Friday the thirteenth, future, game, goal, harbor, haven, ides of March, inevitability, izzard, kismet, last, last breath, last gasp, last stop, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, mark, moira, name and address, object, object in mind, objective, omega, payoff, period, peroration, planets, port, portion, postal zone, prey, pursuit, quarry, quietus, quintain, reason for being, resolution, resting place, stars, stop, stoppage, stopping place, superscription, swan song, target, teleology, term, terminal, terminal point, termination, terminus, ultimate aim, unlucky day, weird, wheel of fortune, will of Heaven, windup, Z, zip code, zone |
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