What is another word for Destining?

Pronunciation: [dˈɛstɪnɪŋ] (IPA)

Destining is a word that is often used when referring to the pre-planned or predetermined course of someone's life. Some synonyms for destining are fate, destined, meant to be, predestined, predetermined, ordained, and predetermined. These words all convey the idea that an individual's life is already mapped out in some way, and that certain events or circumstances are likely to occur as a result of this predestination. Other synonyms for destining include preordained, fated, foreordained, and predestinated. Whether a person believes in predestination or not, these words can help to describe the concept of being destined for a particular path in life.

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What are the hypernyms for Destining?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Destining

I will satisfy myself by observing that my error was such, that in abandoning my children to public education for want of the means of bringing them up myself; in Destining them to become workmen and peasants, rather than adventurers and fortune-hunters, I thought I acted like an honest citizen, and a good father, and considered myself as a member of the republic of Plato.
"The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book VIII."
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Your wishes, which are laws to me, will justify my Destining a copy for you, otherwise, I should as soon have thought of sending you a horn-book; for there is no truth in it which is not familiar to you, and its errors I should hardly have proposed to treat you with.
"Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson"
Thomas Jefferson
When the Almighty placed human beings upon the earth, he created one man and one woman, Destining them to be the progenitors of the entire race, thereby indicating that monogamy was of Divine appointment.
"Woman: Man's Equal"
Thomas Webster

Related words: destining to futures, destining forecast, destining today

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