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destines

VERB

predetermine, ordain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

doom intend

STRONG

allot appoint assign consecrate decide decree dedicate design determine devote earmark fate foreordain predestine preform preordain purpose reserve

WEAK

doom to mark out

Antonyms

STRONG

hesitate keep misuse use waste

Example Sentences

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A score that destines young doctors-to-be to a life of ennui in a job they do not enjoy, because they could not match into the competitive specialty of their dreams.

From Scientific American • Mar. 12, 2020

Planes arrive from here and there; holiday makers, the injured and dead, today's interchangeable destines.

From Deadly Pollen by Oliver, Stephen

An ambitious man has a son whom he destines to a learned profession.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various

It would be in fact but the prelude to that final return to Arabia which Arabian thought, if no other, destines for the Caliphate.

From The Future of Islam by Blunt, Wilfred Scawen

She destines you for an alliance almost royal.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor