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destiny

/ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/noun3 syllables

Destiny means: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you).

Synonyms for destiny12

noun, as in your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

noun, as in an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

noun, as in the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events

also used for destiny

orlay, chance, destin, doom, fatality, foredoom

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What does destiny mean?3

noun

1

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)“whatever my fortune may be”

2

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

3

the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events“we are helpless in the face of destiny”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Destiny in a sentence

  • Ukrainians have a right to their own language, culture, history, and destiny.shekitten
  • It isn't the world that is our destiny, but the economy.Miktsoanit
  • Does destiny guide us, or do we guide it?Igider
  • Do we shape our own destiny, or does fate guide us?Igider
  • When destiny calls, the chosen have no choice.dimitris
  • Pay attention to your character, for it becomes your destiny.GuidoW
  • This is my son, everything else is destiny.Talwit
  • After the university, she was free to choose her destiny.unknown

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Forms of destiny

as a noun

plural
destinies