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How to pronounce destine in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms designate, doom, fate
Type of ordain
Derivation destination


She was destined to become a great pianist.
Type Words
Synonyms designate, intend, specify
Type of plan
Has types design, direct, mean, aim, slate, calculate
Derivation destination

Examples of destine

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Destine Mordecai led off the third inning with a single, and advanced on a sacrifice bunt.
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As fate would destine it, the goal would come on his first full shift of the overtime period.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
This is destine to be a classic example of evolutionary convergence.
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Rousseau says that he almost dares to assert that nature does not destine men to be healthy.
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A top finish in Iowa does not destine a candidate for victory in the nominating process though.
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Trying to work within the DD system that works against a franchisee makes your store destine to fail.
From the ocregister.com
The story of the lion, the tree, and the anthropologist was destine to replace the mud-hippo in the local mythology.
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Failure to do so may pre-destine future failure.
From the bloomberg.com
Is the unborn baby healthy, or does a defect destine it to an early death or a life of debilitating illness?
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More examples
  • Decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"
  • Intend: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
  • (destined) bound: headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York"
  • (destined) bound(p): (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous"
  • Destine (pronounced destine) is a rock band that formed in Tilburg, the Netherlands in 2006.
  • To preordain; To assign something (especially finance) for a particular use; To have a particular destination
  • To determine beforehand