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# destination

«destination» in Mova's school dictionary: **the place someone or something is going to or being sent to** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a destination, destinations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A destination is the place someone or something is going to or being sent to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destination/#m1)

2) A destination is a place that many people like to visit, such as a holiday town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destination/#m2)

3) A destination can be the end or aim of something, like the goal you want to reach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destination/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life the destination is shown on the front of a bus, on a ticket or in a map app. In geography it is the end of a journey; in maths journey problems the distance «to the destination» is what you add up or divide by the speed. In stories reaching the destination is the end of the adventure. Phrases: reach your destination, final destination, holiday destination, travel destination, arrive at the destination.

### examples

- The sign on the front of the bus shows its destination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destination/#x1)
- We reached our destination after six hours in the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destination/#x2)
- Cornwall is a popular holiday destination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destination/#x3)
- The parcel's destination is written on the label. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destination/#x4)
- The train is 40 km from its destination, travelling at 80 km an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destination/#x5)
- Our final destination was Grandma's farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destination/#x6)
- The sat nav says we will arrive at our destination in ten minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destination/#x7)
- For the explorers, the South Pole was the destination of a long and dangerous trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destination/#x8)
- Favoured by gentle breezes they soon reached their destination in the far west. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destination/#x9)

### note

Countable noun. The verb that goes with it is often «reach» or «arrive at» (not «arrive to»). «Destiny» is a different word: what will happen to you in the future. In maths, «distance to the destination» usually equals total distance minus the distance already travelled.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «destination» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destination/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.