destiny
//ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni//
Forms
- Plural
- destinies
Definitions
1.That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
- Death is the destiny of all mortal men.
- Her death (April 18, 1881) left the Empress Ts‘ŭ Hsi, the playmate of her youth, the sole Regent of China, with the destiny of four hundred millions of human beings in her hands.
2.That which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
3.One's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined).
4.The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
- There were two kinds of beardom opposed here, two futures, two destinies.
- Dara doesn't believe in using dating apps - she insists that destiny will find her other half.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4939
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English destine et al., from Old French destinee, from Latin dēstinō (English destine).
Displaced Old English wyrd.