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dest

/dɛst/

dest is the clipping of destination.

Meaning of destination

Noun

destination (countable and uncountable, plural destinations)

  1. (countable) The place set for the end of a journey or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
    • arrive at your destination
  2. (archaic) The act of destining or appointing.
  3. Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.
  4. A goal.
    • This plan will help us reach our destination, victory in the election this fall.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: DEST

DEST

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Domestic Emergency Support Team (“a rapidly deployable, interagency team of experts within the United States government”).

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Dest

Dest (countable and uncountable, plural Dests)

  1. A surname.

Forms of dest

Noun
pluraldests
Proper noun
pluralDests

Words that rhyme with dest

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Questions about dest

What does dest mean?
Dest means a surname.
What is dest the clipping of?
Dest is the clipping of destination.
What part of speech is dest?
Dest is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dest?
Dest is pronounced /dɛst/.

Words near dest in the dictionary

  1. dessus
  2. dessyatin
  3. dessyatine
  4. dessyatines
  5. dessyatins
  6. dest
  7. dest.
  8. Desta
  9. destabilase
  10. destabilases
  11. destabilisation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dest (page history and authors); DEST (page history and authors); Dest (page history and authors); destination (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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