destiny

[des-tuh-nee] /ˈdɛs tə ni/
noun, plural destinies.
1.
something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.
2.
the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events.
3.
the power or agency that determines the course of events.
4.
(initial capital letter) this power personified or represented as a goddess.
5.
the Destinies, the Fates.
Origin
1275-1325; Middle English destinee < Old French (noun use of past participle of destiner) < Latin dēstināta, feminine past participle of dēstināre. See destine, -ee
Synonyms
1. fate, karma, kismet. 2. future. See fate.
Examples from the web for destiny
  • In the past, man often tried to escape destiny by warfare.
  • Many believe that humanity's destiny lies with the stars.
  • In the theater of destiny, it never hurts to back up your creation myth with hard copy.
  • Habits form character and character is destiny.
  • Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
  • The general and France are fulfilling their joint destiny: they are finding the greatness history is supposed to owe them.
  • It wasn't destiny that brought Williams here.
  • In Cincinnati she learns her true identity and how to affect the city's destiny.
  • But of course genetics is not destiny, even though it's an important factor.
  • After years of inertia, I'd taken the reins and defined my own destiny.
British Dictionary definitions for destiny

destiny

/ˈdɛstɪnɪ/
noun (pl) -nies
1.
the future destined for a person or thing; fate; fortune; lot
2.
the predetermined or inevitable course of events
3.
the ultimate power or agency that predetermines the course of events
Word Origin
C14: from Old French destinee, from destiner to destine

Destiny

/ˈdɛstɪnɪ/
noun (pl) -nies
1.
the power that predetermines events, personified as a goddess
Word Origin and History for destiny
n.

mid-14c., from Old French destinée (12c.) "purpose, intent, fate, destiny; that which is destined," noun use of fem. past participle of destiner, from Latin destinare "make firm, establish" (see destination). The sense is of "that which has been firmly established," as by fate.