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# destined

adjective (also the past of destine: destine, destines, destined, destining)

«destined» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Destined means meant or fated to be something or to go somewhere, as if decided in advance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destined/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales a hero or princess is fated for a special future, such as marrying a prince or becoming a king.

### Examples

- She was destined to become queen one day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destined/#x1)
- "You are destined for great deeds," said the old wizard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destined/#x2)
- The lost boy felt he was destined to find the magic sword. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destined/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «destined» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destined/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«destined» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/destined.html) on Mova free.