des·ti·ny

des·ti·ny
/ˈdɛstəni/ noun, pl -nies
1 [count] : what happens in the future : the things that someone or something will experience in the future

They believed it was their destiny to be together.

His parents believed that the priesthood was his destiny. [=that he would or should become a priest because fate or God intended it]

The factory's closing shaped the destiny [=fate] of the entire town.

She believes that people can choose/control their own destinies. [=that people can control what will happen to them]

2 [noncount] : a power that is believed to control what happens in the future

She felt that destiny [=fate] had decided that she would one day be President.

motivated by a sense of destiny

— see also manifest destiny
synonyms
DESTINY, FATE, and LOT mean a future that someone or something will have. DESTINY and FATE both suggest that the future has been decided or planned by God or by some godlike power. DESTINY often suggests a future that includes something great and important.

He was a great leader whose destiny was to free the people of his country.

FATE often suggests a future that cannot be avoided and that is usually sad or unpleasant.

It was the explorer's fate to die lost and alone.

LOT suggests that someone's future has been decided by luck.

It was not their lot in life to have children.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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