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DESTINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ultimate goal for which something is done
Synonyms:
destination; terminus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("destination" is a kind of...):
end; goal (the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it)
Derivation:
destine (design or destine)
destine (decree or designate beforehand)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
Synonyms:
address; destination; name and address
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("destination" is a kind of...):
direction; instruction (a message describing how something is to be done)
Meronyms (parts of "destination"):
postal code; postcode; ZIP; ZIP code (a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "destination"):
return address (the address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered)
Holonyms ("destination" is a part of...):
letter; missive (a written message addressed to a person or organization)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
Example:
he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view
Synonyms:
destination; finish; goal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("destination" is a kind of...):
end; terminal (either extremity of something that has length)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "destination"):
finish line; finishing line (a line indicating the location of the finish of a race)
Derivation:
destine (decree or designate beforehand)
Context examples:
I knew that I must travel in a southwesterly direction to reach my destination, but the sun was my only guide.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
If he walked fast he might yet overtake his friends ere they reached their destination.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A telephone number that is used for identifying a destination fax machine in a telephone network.
(Fax Number, NCI Thesaurus)
The act of leaving a destination.
(Departure, NCI Thesaurus)
The destination or circumstance at the time of discharge.
(CDISC SDTM Discharge Disposition Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Adequately organize an outing with respect to transportation, keys, destination, weather, necessary money, shopping list?
(DAD - Adequately Organize an Outing with Respect to Transportation, Keys, Destination, Weather, Money, Shopping List, NCI Thesaurus)
Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Go out and reach a familiar destination without getting lost?
(DAD - Go Out and Reach a Familiar Destination Without Getting Lost, NCI Thesaurus)
Less than half the distance between Earth and moon separates Rosetta from its destination, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
(Rosetta closing in on comet, NASA)
At last our destination lay in full sight of us.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The West-End destination of the coach, is the Golden Cross.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
