"destiny" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/ Audio: en-us-destiny.ogg [US] Forms: destinies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English destine et al., from Old French destinee, from Latin dēstinō (English destine). Displaced native Old English wyrd. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|destine}} Middle English destine, {{der|en|fro|destinee}} Old French destinee, {{der|en|la|destino|dēstinō}} Latin dēstinō, {{m|en|destine}} destine, {{ncog|ang|wyrd}} Old English wyrd Head templates: {{en-noun}} destiny (plural destinies)
  1. That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will. Synonyms: fate, lot
    Sense id: en-destiny-en-noun-oP~~Hr-Y
  2. That which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
    Sense id: en-destiny-en-noun-Zxq12mJh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 53 12 9
  3. One's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined).
    Sense id: en-destiny-en-noun-VmElPMo5
  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. Synonyms: fate
    Sense id: en-destiny-en-noun-XJEis43u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fate, orlay Derived forms: date with destiny, manifest destiny Related terms: destinate, destination, destine, doom

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