/des'teuh nay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the place to which a person or thing travels or is sent: Her destination was Rome.
2. the purpose for which something is destined.
[ 1350-1400; ME destination- (s. of destinatio ) an establishing, purpose, equiv. to destinat ( us ) (ptp. of destinare; see DESTINE) + -ion- -ION ]