verb
- Decree or designate beforehand.
- usage: "She was destined to become a great pianist"
adjective
- Usually followed by `to'. ( determined by tragic fate)
- usage: "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination"
- synonyms: doomed
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