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destination

destination

34 2.6
The goal someone wants to reach
  • noun
  • /ˌdɛstəˈneɪʃən/
: objetivo
  • That's the destination that I thought I was moving toward.
  • ultimate destination
  • the journey, not the destination
  • rather than the destination

And you communicate your your destination with a story.

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Examples

  • Did you have a destination in mind?

    Coup de Cinema (2011)

  • After all, happiness isn't just the destination, it truly is the journey.

  • So you have a destination in mind?

    The Last Earth Girl (2020)

  • Always like she had some clear destination in mind.

    The Man Who Loved Women (1983)

  • Do we ever "arrive at the destination of our professional journey?"

    Academic text (2011)

  • In the back of my mind was our eventual destination.

    Lolita (1997)

  • Your destination: a nonextradition-treaty country.

    The Rock (1996)

  • In our literature, Jerusalem is both a destination and a destiny.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Whatever our varying intentions, wherever our destinations, we had this in common.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • After weeks of planning, our vacation destination is finally confirmed to be Hawaii.

Synonyms

goal
vsdestination
∞ 1.0

A result a person or group plans to achieve

is the ultimate intended purpose someone means to realise
intention
vsdestination
713 2.2

A plan or purpose for what you will do

is the final intended purpose rather than the internal plan or will
objective
vsdestination
363 3.7

A goal a person or group wants to achieve

is the ultimate overall purpose rather than a specific planned step
end
vsdestination
350 1.0

The aim of a plan or action

is the ultimate intended purpose rather than a routine planned result
target
vsdestination
336 1.6

A goal a person or group tries to reach

is the intended final purpose rather than a narrowly defined result
ambition
vsdestination
303 2.8

A strong wish to achieve something important to you

is the intended ultimate purpose rather than the emotion driving effort
aim
vsdestination
153 1.0

A goal someone wants to reach

is the ultimate intended purpose rather than a simple desire or plan
object
vsdestination
  • Formal
59 3.7

A goal someone wants to reach

is the ultimate intended purpose rather than the motivating reason itself
grail
vsdestination
35 8.8

An important goal people spend a long time trying to reach

is an intended purpose without implying prolonged hardship
end-all
vsdestination
18 6.8

The most important goal or purpose of something

is the intended ultimate purpose someone plans to achieve
terminus
vsdestination
3 7.5

The final goal of a process or journey

is the intended overall purpose rather than a physical endpoint

Compounds

popular destination
7 2.7

A place that many people visit, especially tourists

How Final

end
∞ 1.0
destination
34 2.6
goal
∞ 1.0
aim
153 1.0

Surface Forms

destination singular
destinations plural

Morphology

destination = destine (transparent) = destin + ation

The abstract sense 'ultimate goal' is a straightforward extension of 'destine' + '-ation' (the intended end or purpose).

Etymology

Destination also comes from the Latin destinare, from stare 'to stand' and the idea of 'making something firm', and it is related to words like destiny. That's why a destination can mean your final goal or purpose—the firm point you aim to reach.