destination
- noun
- /ˌdɛstəˈneɪʃən/
- 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.
- And you communicate your your destination with a story.
- It is the journey, not the destination, right.
- He's looking for your destination, so to speak.
- That's the destination that I thought I was moving toward.
- But all paths take you to the same destination, which is uninhibited rage.
- Bruce Lee said don't focus on the destination, it's the journey, all right?
- Now, usually there are multiple paths to get to that destination.
- Life is the life is the journey itself, and it's not the destination.
- So intelligence very well could be the journey, not the destination.
- Happiness is not a destination you created.
Examples
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Did you have a destination in mind?
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After all, happiness isn't just the destination, it truly is the journey.
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So you have a destination in mind?
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Always like she had some clear destination in mind.
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Do we ever "arrive at the destination of our professional journey?"
Academic text (2011) -
In the back of my mind was our eventual destination.
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Your destination: a nonextradition-treaty country.
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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
A result a person or group plans to achieve
The aim of a plan or action
A plan or purpose for what you will do
A goal a person or group wants to achieve
A goal a person or group tries to reach
A strong wish to achieve something important to you
A goal someone wants to reach
A goal someone wants to reach
An important goal people spend a long time trying to reach
The most important goal or purpose of something
The final goal of a process or journey
Compounds
How Final
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.