destination

B1 Topic:Travel

US /ˌdɛstəˈneɪʃən/ UK /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #5044

Meanings

1

noun
The place where someone or something is going.

After hours of driving, we finally reached our destination.
2

noun
A popular place that many people travel to visit.

Paris is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations.

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1 noun · the place where someone or... goal

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Forms destinations

Derived forms destinationaldestinationlessecodestinationmultidestinationnondestination

Related forms destinate destine destiny

Etymology

From Latin dēstinātiō, from dēstinō (“to destine”).

dēstinātiō Latin

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# destination

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˌdɛstəˈneɪʃən
**IPA (UK):** dɛstɪˈneɪʃən
**Frequency rank:** 5044

## Meanings
1. The place where someone or something is going.
2. A popular place that many people travel to visit.

## Examples
- After hours of driving, we finally reached our destination.
- Paris is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations.

## Derived Forms
- destinational
- destinationless
- ecodestination
- multidestination
- nondestination

## Related Forms
- destinate
- destine
- destiny

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dēstinātiō

## Etymology
From Latin dēstinātiō, from dēstinō (“to destine”).

## AI Etymology
destination comes from Latin dēstinātiō, from dēstinō (“to destine”). Current senses include The place where someone or something is going and A popular place that many people travel to visit. English relatives and later formations include destinational, destinationless, ecodestination, destinate, destine.

## Topics
- Travel

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