noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a holiday destination (= a town or country where a lot of people go on holiday )
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Marmaris is one of Turkey's most popular holiday destinations.
a tourist destination/centre/spot
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Egypt became a popular tourist destination in the nineteenth century.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
exotic
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But they hasten to point out that many spend them taking their charges to exotic educational destinations .
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The pluses: spontaneous travel to exotic destinations at bargain-basement prices.
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South agrees that exotic destinations lose their rarity value when too many charities go there.
final
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There was no mention of Nigel's final destination , i.e. the compost heap.
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Nobody was to get off until the final destination .
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My final destination was Fountain House in Manhattan.
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It can therefore pay to subject your verbal presentation to some extremely critical scrutiny before it reaches its final destination .
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He walked on his own to his final destination .
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To your advantage, though, it is a dotted line along which you certainly can t miss the final destination .
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You reach your final destination of Hamstreet via Chilmington Quarry and the village of Kingsnorth.
initial
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The Science and Engineering Research Council are clearly interested in the initial destinations of those students they have funded.
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Table 4.5 shows the initial destinations of students according to their source of funding for participation in the Advanced Course.
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This chapter provides a brief summary of the main findings of the initial destinations survey.
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Planning - General notes Plan for likely direction of the initial approach to destination and each en-route diversion airfield.
intended
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But two major problems were encountered; the cable's weight and the fact that it fell short of its intended destination .
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She stiffened as a hand crept up her side, knowing its intended destination .
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It is extremely likely, also, that some one was waiting for them at their intended destination .
new
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I have a suspicion that somehow the heating was on by the time they reached their new destination .
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On top of that, you are heading for new destinations without ever having to pack or unpack.
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Which means more than adding new destinations to our worldwide network and advanced aircraft to our fleet.
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That job may well be a valuable interim vehicle that you use to take you to your new work destination .
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Airtours' management often does its own reconnaissance of potential new destinations - a reflection of the board's workaholic nature.
other
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If it is successful, Virgin will add other destinations .
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The routine can be enlivened at any time of year by the occasional charter to other destinations .
popular
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It's a popular holiday destination , but there are worries about police corruption, especially over drugs.
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The United States is the second most popular destination for its exchangers, representing about 20 percent of houses listed.
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Their increasingly sophisticated tastes have been met in what has become the world's most popular man-made destination .
tourist
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Today, it is a major source of revenue for the city and a tourist destination .
ultimate
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All invoices also state the consignment's ultimate destination .
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One-way streets are utilized to move autos more smoothly and rapidly through the neighborhoods to their ultimate destination .
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Neither does it deny the ageing process, or the ultimate destination of life itself.
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Finally, he swims and runs to his ultimate destination .
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The cargo's ultimate destination had been printed neatly in black pen in the bottom left-hand corner of the page.
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The socialist road had to be adhered to, even though that itself was changing with the ultimate destination now uncertain.
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On the far side of the stream another valley led on up into the mountains toward Cobak, his ultimate destination .
■ NOUN
box
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The upper roof extended over the end balconies with deep valances which incorporated the destination boxes .
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These cars had wooden roller blind destination boxes mounted on stanchions which curved outwards over the ends of the half canopies.
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Later the metal destination boxes were replaced by wooden ones in the same positions.
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It retained its old destination boxes and other appointments.
holiday
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You don't find that at too many holiday destinations !
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It's a popular holiday destination , but there are worries about police corruption, especially over drugs.
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Its relaxed atmosphere, proximity to shops and restaurants and excellent children's facilities combine to make this a delightful holiday destination .
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As a family holiday destination , Bournemouth is without equal.
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But the unpleasant reality is that some holiday destinations are positively dangerous.
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It is Britain's most visited foreign holiday destination but I can't abide the place.
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Well-established holiday destinations such as Cornwall and Devon have already seen prices soar, so buyers are searching for cheaper seaside towns.
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Having reached your holiday destination , what are you going to record on to the tape?
■ VERB
arrive
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He arrived at this destination at the early age of 35.
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The message was delivered in eight days, starting in Houston before arriving at its final destination of Los Angeles.
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The distracted car driver who arrives at her destination without mishap ipsofacto saw where she was going.
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The procession at last arrived at its destination .
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After about fifteen minutes they arrived at their destination .
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The party left Boston on July 8 and arrived at its destination seventeen days later.
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The latter has no interest in sorting material beyond seeing that items addressed to you arrive at their right destination .
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They walked for about an hour before arriving at their destination .
become
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It also hopes to become the shopping destination for designer clothing.
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Your mission statement becomes the desired destination for all your efforts.
choose
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It is typical that the tough men at Pontypool should choose the toughest of destinations .
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When the customers control the resources, on the other hand, they choose the destination and the route.
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Second, you couldn't really choose your destination .
reach
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She asked the stewardess for a magazine and religiously read every word until they reached their first destination .
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Koju drove implacably on until we reached our destination Baabara, a cluster of old stone bungalows.
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But some travellers had been trying to reach their destinations since last night.
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In early November, my grandfather finally reached his destination .
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He increased speed, impatient to reach his destination .
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Our expedition has almost reached its destination .
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She had at least reached her destination .
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Twenty-two percent can not address a letter well enough to guarantee that it will reach its destination .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
intended target/victim/destination etc
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After they failed to find their intended victim, they embarked on an indiscriminate anti-foreigner rampage.
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Eloise was capable of what almost amounted to mesmerism, so thoroughly did she take in her intended victims.
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It can not move and shoot in the same turn, except that it can be turned to face its intended target.
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Recovering his balance with uncanny speed, he snarled and launched himself after the still tumbling figure of his intended victim.
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Satisfied his intended victim was asleep, he gripped the door handle and turned it slowly.
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Was the call-girl the intended victim?
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We are near our intended target and head directly there with a vector supplied from above, but we find nothing.
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What if Everett's putative murderer had been the intended victim of sabotage rather than its practitioner?
long-haul flight/route/destination etc
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By comparison with trying to sleep on the cramped seating of today's long-haul flights it was luxury indeed.
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Hence the decision to buy smaller wide-body jets for long-haul routes.
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It's jet lag and it affects nearly everyone on long-haul flights.
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Table 11.9 shows Kuoni's top long-haul destinations in 1983-4.
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The aunts have brought more baggage than the passengers Rainbow takes to long-haul flights at Heathrow.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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At the border you will be asked your destination and how long you plan to stay.
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By the time he reached his destination , seven days later, he was half-starved and broke.
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The glorious Inca ruins are the main tourist destination in Peru.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Customers are offered a greater range of destinations and flight times, while carriers can reduce capacity and share costs.
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Once across the Channel, continue by coach to your home destination .
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She uses her last shillings to buy passage on a coach to the farthest destination they afford.
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The canal provided a shorter sea route for steamships, which enabled them to reach their destinations before the clippers.
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The major contrast with building societies is the destination of the funds.
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This will now be your desired destination . 2.
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What are the favorite destinations for groups?