destiny
noun/ˈdestəni/
/ˈdestəni/
(plural destinies)
- [countable] what happens to somebody or what will happen to them in the future, especially things that they cannot change or avoid
- The destinies of five nations were decided at the peace conference.
- He wants to be in control of his own destiny.
- The contemporary hero is one who stands out against the crowd to fulfil a personal destiny.
Extra Examples- He came to Paris and found his true destiny as a poet.
- Her destiny lay in that city.
- It was a decision which could have changed my destiny.
- No one can escape their destiny.
- She felt that she had fulfilled her destiny.
- I felt I had to find my destiny on my own.
- She set up her own business because she wanted to be in control of her own destiny.
- He was convinced that sooner or later he would fulfil his destiny.
- Something was about to happen that would shape her destiny.
- The time was right for him to meet his destiny.
- There's not much you can do but accept your destiny.
- the destiny that awaited him
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- your own
- manifest
- human
- …
- face
- meet
- fulfil/fulfill
- …
- await somebody
- lie
- be in control of your own destiny
- be master of your own destiny
- a sense of destiny
- …
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- [uncountable] the power believed to control events synonym fate
- I believe there's some force guiding us—call it God, destiny or fate.
- He was driven on by a strong sense of destiny.
Synonyms luckluckchance ▪ coincidence ▪ accident ▪ fate ▪ destinyThese are all words for things that happen or the force that causes them to happen.luck the force that causes good or bad things to happen to people:Topics Religion and festivalsc2- This ring has always brought me good luck.
- The results could simply be due to chance.
- They met through a series of strange coincidences.
- Their early arrival was just an accident.
- Fate decreed that she would never reach America.
- I believe there’s some force guiding us—call it God, destiny or fate.
- by …luck/chance/coincidence/accident
- It’s no coincidence/accident that…
- pure/sheer luck/chance/coincidence/accident
- to believe in luck/coincidences/fate/destiny
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- your own
- manifest
- human
- …
- face
- meet
- fulfil/fulfill
- …
- await somebody
- lie
- be in control of your own destiny
- be master of your own destiny
- a sense of destiny
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French destinee, from Latin destinata, feminine past participle of destinare ‘make firm, establish’.
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