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Destiny

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Noun

1. destiny, fate

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

2. destiny, fate

the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)

Example Sentences:
'we are helpless in the face of destiny'

3. circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion

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

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Destiny

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noun plural -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
noun plural -nies
the power that predetermines events, personified as a goddess

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Destiny

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nounWord forms: plural ˈdestinies
1. 
the seemingly inevitable or necessary succession of events
2. 
what will necessarily happen to any person or thing; (one's) fate
3. 
that which determines events
said of either a supernatural agency or necessity

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Destiny

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n. pl. des·ti·nies
1. The inevitable or necessary fate to which a particular person or thing is destined; one's lot.
2. A predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control: "Marriage and hanging go by destiny" (Robert Burton).
3. The power or agency thought to predetermine events: Destiny brought them together.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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