All destine synonyms
des·tine
D d verb destine
- predetermine — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
- doom — fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- intend — to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan: We intend to leave in a month.
- appoint — If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.
- decree — A decree is an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country.
- foreordain — to ordain or appoint beforehand.
- earmark — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
- decide — If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
- fate — something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind.
- devote — If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.
- predestine — to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine: He seemed predestined for the ministry.
- dedicate — If you say that someone has dedicated themselves to something, you approve of the fact that they have decided to give a lot of time and effort to it because they think that it is important.
- preordain — to ordain beforehand; foreordain.
- consecrate — When a building, place, or object is consecrated, it is officially declared to be holy. When a person is consecrated, they are officially declared to be a bishop.
- design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
- purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- reserve — to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
- assign — If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
- allot — If something is allotted to someone, it is given to them as their share.
- preform — to form beforehand.
- prearrange — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
- ordain — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.