destine

tr.v., -tined, -tin·ing, -tines.

1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic.
2. To assign for a specific end, use, or purpose: money destined to pay for their child's education.
3. To direct toward a given destination: a flight destined for Tokyo.

[Middle English destinen, from Old French destiner. See destiny.]

verb

To determine the future of in advance: fate, foreordain, predestinate, predestine, predetermine, preordain. See certain/uncertain.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: decree or designate beforehand
  Synonyms: fate, doom, designate

Meaning #2: design or destine
  Synonyms: intend, designate, specify

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bestemme, destinere

Nederlands (Dutch)
bestemmen, (voor) beschikken

Français (French)
v. tr. - destiner (à)

Deutsch (German)
v. - bestimmen, ausersehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προορίζω, προδιαγράφω, προαλείφω

Italiano (Italian)
destinare

idioms:

• destine for    destinare a

Português (Portuguese)
v. - destinar

idioms:

• destine for    destinar para

Русский (Russian)
предопределять, предназначать

idioms:

• destine for    направляться в, прочить в

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - destinar, asignar de antemano

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bestämma, ämna, destinera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
注定, 预定

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 注定, 預定

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 계획해 두다, (운명으로) 예정되다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 予定しておく, 運命づける

idioms:

• destine for    予定しておく, 運命付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقدر أو يكتب ( له أو عليه), يخصص لغرض معين, يقرر بقضا وقدر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הועיד‬

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