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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024des•ti•ny /ˈdɛstəni/USA pronunciation n., pl. -nies. - [count;
often singular] something that is to happen or that has happened;
one's future or fortune:Her destiny was to be a surgeon. - the course of events thought of as being unavoidable, impossible to resist, and decided in advance;
fate:[uncountable]It's pure destiny that we met!
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024des•ti•ny (des′tə nē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nies. - something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing;
lot or fortune. - the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events.
- the power or agency that determines the course of events.
- Mythology(cap.) this power personified or represented as a goddess.
- Mythology the Destinies, the Fates.
- Latin dēstināta, feminine past participle of dēstināre. See destine, -ee
- Old French (noun, nominal use of past participle of destiner)
- Middle English destinee 1275–1325
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fate, karma, kismet.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged future. See fate.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: destiny /ˈdɛstɪnɪ/ n ( pl -nies)- the future destined for a person or thing; fate; fortune; lot
- the predetermined or inevitable course of events
- the ultimate power or agency that predetermines the course of events
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French destinee, from destiner to destine |