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How to spell destination

Destination is spelled D-E-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

hear itdes·ti·na·tion/,dɛstə'neɪʃən/nounPrefixes and work

What it means: The place designated as the end of a journey.

In a sentence: Our destination is the beach for a fun day in the sun.

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Same family: destine, predestination, destined, final-destination. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Destination comes from Latin 'destinatio', from 'destinare', meaning 'to make firm, establish, or determine'. Over time, the word shifted from the idea of something being determined or fixed to the modern sense of the place you are headed to.

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