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destiny

[ des-tuh-nee ]

noun

, plural des·ti·nies.
  1. something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.

    Synonyms: kismet, karma, fate

  2. the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events.

    Synonyms: future

  3. the power or agency that determines the course of events.
  4. (initial capital letter) this power personified or represented as a goddess.
  5. the Destinies, the Fates.


Destiny

1

/ ˈdɛstɪnɪ /

noun

  1. the power that predetermines events, personified as a goddess


destiny

2

/ ˈdɛstɪnɪ /

noun

  1. the future destined for a person or thing; fate; fortune; lot
  2. the predetermined or inevitable course of events
  3. the ultimate power or agency that predetermines the course of events

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Word History and Origins

Origin of destiny1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English destinee, from Old French (noun use of past participle of destiner ), from Latin dēstināta, feminine past participle of dēstināre. See destine, -ee

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Word History and Origins

Origin of destiny1

C14: from Old French destinee, from destiner to destine

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Synonym Study

See fate.

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Example Sentences

Couple walked towards the opposite end of the dungeon, where she previously played with Destiny.

Thirty-seven years later, that destiny remains largely unattained.

Without the community, the ultimate destiny of any preservation project, no matter how ambitious, will be short-lived.

Laylah and her older sister, Destiny, attended the school affiliated with Our Lady of Good Hope Roman Catholic Church.

According to Campbell, every hero encounters a wise mystic who helps him embrace his destiny.

There her destiny would be played out, there and in the land of which London was the beating heart.

The economic destiny of a region is greatly influenced by its natural resources as well as by its location.

And Isabel's very strength alarmed him, the more so as he felt her subtle fingers among the leaves of his new destiny.

He did not take his new work seriously, although he had no presentiment of his future destiny.

Her singular destiny had imparted something strange to her appearance, which gave her, however, only an added charm.

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