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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1598|origins=la sto}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|dēstinātio|t=purpose, design; determination]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) perhaps through French,^(SOED 2002) from [[m|la|dēstino|alt=dēstināre|t=to determine, appoint, make firm]] (see [[destine]]),^(Etymonline) from [[m|la|dē-|t=completely]] and a form related to [[m|la|sto|alt=stāre|t=to stand]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The action of appointing or destining someone or something for a purpose: 1598 in the OED, the 1590s in Etymonline;^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) SOED and NODE date this sense to late Middle English.^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The purpose for which something is intended is from the 1650s.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The place to which someone or something is going, short for ''place of destination'', is from 1787 in the OED and 1813 in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) In Scots law, a destination is the series of heirs to whom property is to pass (1754).^(OED 1989) A ''holiday destination'' is a place people visit.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1598 – appointing for a purpose.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1650s – an intended purpose.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1754 – in Scots law.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1787 – the end of a journey.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The place to which someone or something is going or being sent.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A place that people visit: ''a popular tourist destination''.^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(archaic)'' The purpose for which something is intended.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[multidestination]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[destine]]

+ * [[destiny]]

+ * [[stand]]

+ * [[obstinate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}