Meaning

That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will..

Definitions by Sense

1. That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
2. That which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
3. One's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined).
4. The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.

Example Sentences

Death is the destiny of all mortal men.

Her death (April 18, 1881) left the Empress Ts‘ŭ Hsi, the playmate of her youth, the sole Regent of China, with the destiny of four hundred millions of human beings in her hands.

Ain't no use to fight it / Don't tamper with my destiny / Any way you slice it / I'm in the hands of fate, you see

Everywhere the atom bombs are dropping / It's the end of all humanity / No more time for last-minute shopping / It's time to face your final destiny

Suspended between two ancient trees in some woody wonderland, the nearby brook babblingly bubbling to itself, the gently cooling breezes sweeping away all things bothersome, we self-sway each other to our own rhythms, and all our manifest destinies are ahhhsome.

Dara doesn't believe in using dating apps - she insists that destiny will find her other half.

There were two kinds of beardom opposed here, two futures, two destinies.

But it was much more than a mere ship. Its systems, processes, and technology were so advanced that they dwarfed every accomplishment of the Citadel species. Its grandeur and complexity rivaled the greatest creations of the Protheans—the mass relays and the Citadel. It may have even surpassed them. And if Saren could learn and understand how it worked, he could seize all that power for himself. He’d spent his entire life preparing for a moment like this. Everything he’d ever done—his military service, his career with the Spectres—was only a prelude to this revelation. Now he had found his true purpose; destiny had led him here.

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• destinies

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