destined

Examples

• All

• Your life is trying to help you become who you're destined to become.

• Because Jay, I knew he was destined for greatness.

  Club Shay Shay

• Well, it makes me realize that I am destined to become an ocean.

  Lex Fridman

• Sometimes where things started is not where things were destined to be.

• For I am destined to rule.

  Blog text (29)

• It's like our hearts were just destined to know each other.

  Jubilee

• I feel like I'm destined to do more than just this.

  Evan Carmichael

• I would say that Jackie was destined to be on her own.

• And if you're a king or a queen, you feel like you were destined for something great.

  Robert Greene

• Many believe that some people are simply destined for greatness from a young age.

Synonyms

M

meant to be

vsdestined

246 3.7

Planned or seen as certain to happen

is used more generally for events seen as certain or planned rather than personal belief

B

bound

vsdestined

69 4.2

Certain to happen or be true

is similar but can also express intended plans rather than only certainty by fate

B

bound for

vsdestined

53 3.7

Going to a particular place, usually by travel

is more general, applying to certainty of events beyond physical movement or travel

F

fated

vsdestined

27 5.3

Certain to happen and not able to be changed

includes both fate and plan senses without insisting on stronger inevitability

P

predestinate

vsdestined

• Formal

1 9.9

Already decided before it happens and cannot be changed, often by fate or God

permits both planned and fate explanations but does not insist on absolute unchangeability

F

foreordained

vsdestined

• Formal

1 9.9

Decided before it happens and cannot be changed, often because of fate or a god

is less specific, covering certainty by plan or fate without always implying divine rule

P

predetermined

vsdestined

5.3

Decided before it happens

is broader, covering both prior human arrangements and events seen as caused by fate

P

predestined

vsdestined

7.7

Fate or a higher power decides a person's life in advance

allows that idea but also refers to results set by human plan or certainty

I

intended

vsdestined

2.6

Planned and not done by accident

also covers human plans but can equally refer to events seen as caused by fate

How Certain

certain

946 1.0

destined

6 4.1

expected

1.2

probable

200 3.4

possible

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology