Meaning & Definition of Destiny in English
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Destiny
/dɛstəni/
noun
1. An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
synonym:
- destiny,
- fate
2. The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
- "We are helpless in the face of destiny"
synonym:
- destiny,
- fate
3. Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- "Whatever my fortune may be"
- "Deserved a better fate"
- "Has a happy lot"
- "The luck of the irish"
- "A victim of circumstances"
- "Success that was her portion"
synonym:
- fortune,
- destiny,
- fate,
- luck,
- lot,
- circumstances,
- portion
Examples of using
When destiny calls, the chosen have no choice.
Through this sentence, the author was making it known to Tom and Mary that their destiny was escaping him, as he didn't understand the deep meaning of his own sentences.
Everyone ought to be a master of his own destiny.