different between destinate vs destination

English

Etymology

Latin destinatus. Computing use by analogy with originate.

Verb

destinate (third-person singular simple present destinates, present participle destinating, simple past and past participle destinated)

1. To destine, to choose.
2. (possibly nonstandard) To set a destination for (something), to send (something) to a particular destination.
   • 1997 September 11, "Tom Watson", Hoe does FX work?, in comp.dcom.telecom.tech, Usenet:

     Now days, it can probably be done with a programming setup in the originating/destinating switches, and not involve a full time channel.

3. (possibly nonstandard) To be scheduled to arrive at, as a destination.
   • 2009, Statistical Abstract of the United States

     Prices for a mail piece weighing up to a half-pound range from $12.60 if it destinates in zones 1 and 2 to $19.50 if it destinates in zone 8.

Synonyms

• (choose; set destination): destine

Antonyms

• (set destination): originate

Adjective

destinate (comparative more destinate, superlative most destinate)

1. determined
2. (obsolete) destined
   • 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments

     They hold, moreover, to be no purgatory, nor that the suffrages of the church do avail the dead, either to lessen the pain of them that be destinate to hell, or to increase the glory of them that be ordained to salvation.

Related terms

• destination
• destine
• destiny

Anagrams

• detainest, tetanised

Italian

Adjective

destinate

1. feminine plural of destinato

Participle

destinate f pl

1. feminine plural of destinato

Verb

destinate

1. inflection of destinare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• sdentiate
• stendiate

Latin

Verb

d?stin?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?stin?

Participle

d?stin?te

1. vocative masculine singular of d?stin?tus

References

• destinate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• destinate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Latin d?stin?ti?, from d?stin? (“to destine”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /d?st??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

destination (plural destinations)

1. (archaic) The act of destining or appointing.
2. Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.
3. The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.

Usage notes

• Often used attributively to indicate desirability, as in a destination resort (a resort that is a fine, desirable destination) or destination wedding.

Derived terms

• destination board
• destination wedding

Related terms

• destinate
• destine
• destiny

Translations

Anagrams

• stannoidite

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s.ti.na.sj??/

Noun

destination f (plural destinations)

1. destination

Further reading

• “destination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).