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destinating

destinating adjective: arriving at its destination; incoming.

Adjective

destinating (not comparable)

  1. (US, nonstandard) arriving at its destination; incoming
    • Some of this mail consists of destinating mail from other offices, while some of it originated locally.1992, Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer, The economics of postal service, page 10
    • All containers of mail whose respective destination postal code is less than 200 miles (US Postal Services) away from the originating mail processing center is transported directly to the destinating mail processing center.2007, Gerrit Bleumer, Electronic postage systems: technology, security, economics, page 34

Origin of destinating

As an antonym for originating, based on destination.

Questions about destinating

What does destinating mean?
Destinating means arriving at its destination; incoming.
What part of speech is destinating?
Destinating is an adjective.

Words near destinating in the dictionary

  1. destinataries
  2. destinatary
  3. destinate
  4. destinated
  5. destinates
  6. destinating
  7. destination
  8. destination board
  9. destination boards
  10. destination fee
  11. destination fees

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