destiny
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
a power that is believed to control what happens in the future.
the agency or irresistible power conceived of as determining the future; often treated as an abstract, personified force.
Simple“Some people believe that their destiny is written in the stars before they are born.”
In context“The ancient Greeks often depicted destiny as a force that even the gods were powerless to circumvent.”
- 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
the things that will happen to a person in their life, which may feel like they were meant to happen.
the eventual fate or particular state of a person or thing in the future, whether viewed as inevitable or as a goal to be achieved.
Simple“She felt that it was her destiny to become a famous surgeon and help people.”
In context“After years of wandering, he finally felt he had fulfilled his destiny by returning to his ancestral home to lead the community.”
“But the Wulz sisters were determined to create their own destiny.”
From the noun destiny since the 1970s.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.