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destination

n. countable
B1 Intermediate Oxford US //ˌdɛstəˈneɪʃən// UK //dˌɛstɪnˈeɪʃən// des·ti·na·tion Archaic General-service

n. the place where someone is going or where something is being sent. You use this word when you reach the end of a trip.

n. the place to which someone or something is going or being sent. Often used in travel and logistics contexts to denote the terminal point of a journey.


SIMPLE

We finally reached our destination after a long flight.

CONTEXTUAL

The GPS calculated that we would arrive at our holiday destination just before sunset.

COMPLEX

While the journey through the mountains was visually stunning, the remote coastal destination proved to be even more breathtaking than the travel brochures had suggested.

Synonyms
Origin

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

Usage

Commonly used with the preposition 'at' or 'to' ('arrive at the destination', 'travel to the destination').

Pitfall

We arrived to our destinationWe arrived at our destinationThe verb 'arrive' takes the preposition 'at' for specific places like a destination, not 'to'.

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