final destination

collocation in English

meaningsoffinalanddestination

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final
adjective
uk
/ˈfaɪ.nəl/us
/ˈfaɪ.nəl/
last:
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destination
noun[C]
uk
/ˌdes.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌdes.təˈneɪ.ʃən/
the place where someone is going or where something is being sent ...
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(Definition offinalanddestinationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffinal destination

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His river of life reached itsfinaldestinationon this day.
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The difference in experimental and desiredfinaldestinationwas only a small fraction of the total path length.
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Wallace's history ends with the company still firmly in mid-flight, yet itsfinaldestinationis less than clear.
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Relying on public transport was not a viable alternative: it elongated journeys, and extra time was needed to walk to thefinaldestination.
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Also, there was a certain hesitation concerning thefinaldestinationof the death trains.
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In giving directions, people name the locations in the order the listener will encounter them in traveling to thefinaldestination.
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As a result, it is important that their terminal differentiation is inhibited until they reach theirfinaldestination.
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Thefinaldestinationis striated muscle where the nematodes remodel host muscle cells and settle in the host.
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In experiment 3, when no obstacles were present, the difference in thefinaldestinationwas 0.096 m (0.6% of the total path of 15.8 m).
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The inspectors then traced every shipment to itsfinaldestination.
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For many religious believers, the road to development is at least as important as thefinaldestination.
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Passenger counts between a city pair represent the origin andfinaldestinationof travellers (leave the airport).
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In experiment 4, the difference in thefinaldestinationwas 0.251 m (1.9% of the total length of the path of 13.2 m).
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The vanishing point of a group of converging elements is thefinaldestinationof a linear process, with a goal in an undefined horizon.
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Some joints will reach their final values before others; these faster joints will remain idle at their final position until every other joint reaches itsfinaldestination.
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Dagara migration stories always mention several places where the ancestors had settled for a while before they arrived at theirfinaldestination.
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Perhaps only pre-forms were prepared at workshops in or near the quarries and, once transpor ted to theirfinaldestinationwithin the site, the sculptures were then completed.
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One of the many workflows in an organisation, for instance, may involve a secretary writing a letter, an official signing it and another employee sending it to itsfinaldestination.
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It becomes a serious issue when the arms reach theirfinaldestination.
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