"destine" meaning in English

See destine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛstɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-destine.wav Forms: destines [present, singular, third-person], destining [participle, present], destined [participle, past], destined [past]
Rhymes: -ɛstɪn Etymology: From Middle English destinen, from Old French destiner. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|destinen}} Middle English destinen, {{der|en|fro|destiner}} Old French destiner Head templates: {{en-verb}} destine (third-person singular simple present destines, present participle destining, simple past and past participle destined)
  1. to preordain
    Sense id: en-destine-en-verb-lalqaNLC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 18 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 74 14 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 72 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 74 15 11
  2. to assign something (especially finance) for a particular use Translations (intransitive: to assign for a use): предназначавам (prednaznačavam) (Bulgarian), bestimmen (German), vorbestimmen (German), destinar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-destine-en-verb-VSdWGDQU Disambiguation of 'intransitive: to assign for a use': 7 74 19
  3. to attribute a particular destination
    Sense id: en-destine-en-verb-nMSfwal1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foredestine Related terms: destinate, destination, destined, destiny

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "foredestine"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "destinen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English destinen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "destiner"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French destiner",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English destinen, from Old French destiner.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "destines",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "destining",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "destined",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "destined",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "destine (third-person singular simple present destines, present participle destining, simple past and past participle destined)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "destinate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "destination"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "destined"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "destiny"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "70 18 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 10 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 14 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 16 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 15 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to preordain"
      ],
      "id": "en-destine-en-verb-lalqaNLC",
      "links": [
        [
          "preordain",
          "preordain#Verb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to assign something (especially finance) for a particular use"
      ],
      "id": "en-destine-en-verb-VSdWGDQU",
      "links": [
        [
          "assign",
          "assign#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 74 19",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prednaznačavam",
          "sense": "intransitive: to assign for a use",
          "word": "предназначавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 74 19",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "intransitive: to assign for a use",
          "word": "bestimmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 74 19",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "intransitive: to assign for a use",
          "word": "vorbestimmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 74 19",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to assign for a use",
          "word": "destinar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to attribute a particular destination"
      ],
      "id": "en-destine-en-verb-nMSfwal1",
      "links": [
        [
          "attribute",
          "attribute#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "destination",
          "destination"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛstɪn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-destine.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-destine.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-destine.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-destine.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-destine.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛstɪn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "destine"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛstɪn",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛstɪn/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "foredestine"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "destinen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English destinen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "destiner"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French destiner",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English destinen, from Old French destiner.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "destines",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "destining",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "destined",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "destined",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "destine (third-person singular simple present destines, present participle destining, simple past and past participle destined)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "destinate"
    },
    {
      "word": "destination"
    },
    {
      "word": "destined"
    },
    {
      "word": "destiny"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to preordain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "preordain",
          "preordain#Verb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to assign something (especially finance) for a particular use"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "assign",
          "assign#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to attribute a particular destination"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attribute",
          "attribute#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "destination",
          "destination"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛstɪn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-destine.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-destine.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-destine.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-destine.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-destine.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛstɪn"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prednaznačavam",
      "sense": "intransitive: to assign for a use",
      "word": "предназначавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to assign for a use",
      "word": "bestimmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to assign for a use",
      "word": "vorbestimmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to assign for a use",
      "word": "destinar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "destine"
}

Download raw JSONL data for destine meaning in English (2.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (4ba5975 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.