destiny

destiny

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English

Etymology

From Middle English destine et al., from Old French destinee, from Latin dēstinō (English destine). Displaced Old English wyrd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/

Noun

destiny (plural destinies)

  1. That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
    Synonyms: fate, lot
  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.
    Synonym: fate

Synonyms

  • fate
  • orlay

Derived terms

Related terms

  • destinate
  • destination
  • destine

Translations

See also

  • doom

See also

  • destination

References

  • “destiny”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • density

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