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# destined

«destined» in Mova's school dictionary: **meant or fated to be something or to go somewhere, as if…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destined/#x1)
- "You are destined for great deeds," said the old wizard. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/destined/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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