Destiny

Definition: Destiny

Destiny

Noun

1. An event (or course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future.

2. The ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny".

3. Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you): "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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Destiny" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a destiny", "a fate".

Date "destiny" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Destiny \Des"ti*ny\, noun; plural Destinies. [Old English destinee, destene, French destin['e]e, from destiner. See Destine.]. (references)

Satire

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Synonyms: Destiny

Destiny

Noun: destiny; (necessity); future existence, post existence; hereafter; future state, next world, world to come, after life; futurity; everlasting life, everlasting death; life beyond the grave, world beyond the grave; prospect; (expectation).

Expectation

Contemplation, prospection, lookout; prospect, perspective, horizon, vista; destiny.

Futurity

Approach of time advent, time drawing on, womb of time; destiny; eventuality.

Necessity

Destiny, destination; fatality, fate, kismet, doom, foredoom, election, predestination; preordination, foreordination; lot fortune; fatalism; inevitableness; Adjective: spell.

Obstinacy

Die hard, fight against destiny, not yield an inch, stand out.

Crosswords: Destiny

We can't run from ourselves, our destiny chooses us. (Rounders; writing credit: David Levien and Brian Koppelman.)

What's my destiny, Mama (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth)

There's no mystical energy field controls my destiny! It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense (Episode IV: A New Hope; writing credit: George Lucas.)

Accept your destiny, Kal-El (Superman II; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

The guys nobody bets on. We've got a blind date with destiny! And it looks like she's ordered the lobster (Mystery Men; writing credit: Kinka Usher, written by Bob Burden and Neil Cuthbert. Based on the comic book series.)

Let me tell you the story 'bout the call that changed my destiny (The Call; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

The way that destiny led her to me (Pass You By; performing artist: Boyz II Men)

What I what, what, what I'm gonna do about my destiny (Overprotected; performing artist: Britney Spears)

That I'd be standing face to face with my own destiny (Yes!; performing artist: Chad Brock)

Two hearts drawn together bound by destiny (Will you Still Love Me; performing artist: Chicago)

The acts of this life are the destiny of the next. (references; author: Eastern Proverb)

Thoughts lead to acts. Acts lead to habits. Habits lead to character, and our characters will determine our eternal destiny. (references; author: unknown)

Chasing Destiny (2001)

The Man of Destiny (1973)

Appointment with Destiny (1971)

Revenge Is My Destiny (1971)

Destiny of a Spy (1969)

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Books

• Strategy Is Destiny (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Destiny (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Mr. Destiny (reference)

• Zone of the Enders (ZOE) - Dolores, i - Countdown to Destiny (reference)

• Destiny (reference)

• Doctor Who - Destiny of the Daleks (reference)

• Power Rangers Time Force - Dawn of Destiny (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Destiny (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Tales of Destiny (reference)

• Tales of Destiny 2 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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The "courage of destiny". Credit: Library of Congress.

"Whether we will or not, we as a nation front a great destiny.". Credit: Library of Congress.

Black destiny. Credit: Library of Congress.

Charles Frohman's dramatic production, The hand of destiny by Pierre Decourcelle. Credit: Library of Congress.

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All my public life I have worked for a strong France and I never lost faith in her destiny, even in the darkest hours. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1938)

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But the compassionate feelings of a friend of her father gave a change to her destiny.

It was, indeed, a majestic idea, that the destiny of nations should be revealed, in these awful hieroglyphics, on the cope of heaven

The poor cannot go to the end of their chamber or to the end of their destiny, but by bending continually more and more

His destiny was to be elusive of social or religious orders

All unavoided is the doom of destiny.

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Business

Destiny has 5% market share or an estimated subscriber base of 100,000 nationwide. (references)

Destiny Cable is one of the companies under the Lim family’s Solid Group of Companies. (references)

With its fiber-optic cables already in place, Destiny Cable is ready for both cable telephony and cable Internet. (references)

Economic History

Philippines

The three major cable TV operators in the Philippines (Sky Cable, Home Cable and Destiny Cable) have an estimated combined market share of 70 percent. (references)

Hungary

Hungary's transition to a Western-style parliamentary democracy was the first and the smoothest among the former Soviet bloc, inspired by a nationalism that long had encouraged Hungarians to control their own destiny. (references)

Panama

Panama was part of the Spanish empire for 300 years (1538-1821). From the outset, Panamanian identity was based on a sense of "geographic destiny," and Panamanian fortunes fluctuated with the geopolitical importance of the isthmus. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

A destiny

A destiny

Expressions using "destiny": fight against destiny ♦ human destiny ♦ line of destiny ♦ manifest destiny. Additional references.

Beginning with "destiny": Destiny-on-sparc.

Afrikaans

lot (fate, fortune, ill fate, luck). (various references)

Albanian

pashmangësi, kësmet (luck, share), fat (chance, circumstance, cup, dole, doom, fate, fortune, hap, happiness, hit, kismet, lot, lottery, luck, mercy, portion, predetermine, share, spouse, weird), e thëna. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مصير (fate, lot, predestination), ‏نصيب (fortune, lot, luck, odds, portion, quota, share, slice, whack), ‏قضاء وقدر (fatalism, predestination), ‏قدرة قسمة, ‏قدر المرء. (various references)

Bulgarian 

съдба (chance, dispensation, doom, fatality, fate, fortune, hap, kismet, line, lot, luck, portion, star, weird), орис (doom, fate, fortunes, portion), провидение. (various references)

Chinese 

命运 (Destinies, Fate, Fates). (various references)

Czech

osud (doom, draw, fate, fortune, kismet, lot, predestination), údìl (lot). (various references)

Danish

bestemmelse (fate). (various references)

Dutch

lotsbestemming (fate), lot (fate, fortune, ill fate, luck), bestemming (fate). (various references)

Esperanto

destino (fate), sorto (fate, fortune, luck). (various references)

Faeroese

lagna (fate, fortune, ill fate, luck). (various references)

Farsi 

نصیب وقسمت (Fate), تقدیر (Destination, Fate, Ordinance, Thank), سرنوشت (Destination, Dole, Fate, Lot, Portion), ابشخور (Trough). (various references)

Finnish

sallimus (fate, Providence), osa (component, fate, fortune, lot, luck, part, piece, portion, proportion, rōle, role, share, volume), kohtalo (fate, lot). (various references)

French

sort, destinée, destin. (various references)

German

Schicksal (doom, fate, fatefulness, fortune, karma, kismet, luck, misfortune, portion), Verhängnis (disaster, doom, fatality, fate, fortune, ill fate, luck, undoing), los (aweigh, come on, fate, fortune, get going, go on, going on, happening, loose, lot, luck, misfortune, off, portion, raffle ticket, ticket), bestimmung (appointment, appropriation, ascertainment, assignation, classification, definition, designation, destiantion, destination, determination, fate, fixing, modifier, provision, purpose, regulation, setting). (various references)

Greek 

μοίρα (degree, doom, fate, fortune, kismet, lot, predestination, share, split), πεπρωμένο (fate, kismet, predestination). (various references)

Hebrew 

גורל (cast, cut, fate, lot, predestination). (various references)

Hungarian

végzet (chance, doom, fatality, fate, fortune, kismet, nemesis, predestination, weird). (various references)

Indonesian

takdir (fate, fore-ordination, predestination), suratan (fate), nasib (fate, fortune). (various references)

Italian

destino (doom, fate, fatility, kismet, lot, luck). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

宿命 (fate, predestination), 命 (command, decree, life, lord, prince, words of a ruler), 命数 (span of life), 因縁 (connection, fate, origin, pretext), 天分 (mission, one's nature, sphere of activity, talents), 天命 (God's will, Heaven's decree, karma, one's life), 天道 (divine justice, Providence, the sun, way of heaven), 存亡 (existence, life or death), 契り (pledge, promise, share bed and board, vow), 興敗 (rise and fall), 宿縁 (fate, karma), 宿運 (fate), 定め (agreement, appointment, arrangement, decision, fate, karma, law, provision, regulation, rule), 縁 (bonds, chance, connection, edge, fate, karma, related to, relation), 由来 (derivation, history, origin, reason, source), 興廃 (rise and fall), 天運 (luck, will of Heaven). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

めい (command, dark, decree, life, niece), ちぎり (pledge, promise, share bed and board, vow), てんとう (a tip, counter, divine justice, falling down, inversion, invert, lighting, nodding, over-the-counter, Providence, reverse, shop, shop front, the sun, tumbling, turn over, upset, way of heaven), てんめい (dawn, daybreak, God's will, Heaven's decree, karma, one's life), てんどう (cherub, children parading as cherubs, divine justice, gods disguised as children, heaven, paradise, Providence, the sun, way of heaven), てんぶん (emperor's knowledge, mission, one's nature, sphere of activity, talents), てんうん (luck, will of Heaven), えん (bonds, chance, charming, circle, connection, dam, false charge, fascinating, fate, garden, hatred, karma, relation, salt, voluptuous, weir, Yen), ゆらい (derivation, history, origin, reason, source), しゅくうん (fate), めいすう (denominate number, number of people, span of life), こうはい (crossbreeding, cross-fertilization, good dividend, good offices, good spouse, halo, junior, married couple, mating, one's attitude, rise and fall, ruin, spouse, state of affairs, your trouble), いんねん (connection, fate, origin, pretext), さだめ (agreement, appointment, arrangement, decision, fate, karma, law, provision, regulation, rule), そんぼう (existence, life or death, loss), しゅくえん (banquet, fate, karma, old grudge, old score), しゅくめい (fate, predestination), みょう (command, dark, decree, life, strange, unusual). (various references)

Korean 

운명 (Destinies, DOOM, Dooms, Fate, Fates, mortal). (various references)

Manx

kinoauyn. (various references)

Norwegian

skjebne (fate, fortune, lot). (various references)

Papiamen

destinu (fate), destino (fate, fortune, luck), destinashon (fate). (various references)

Pig Latin

estinyday.(various references)

Portuguese

sorte (chance, die, dole, draw, fate, fluke, fortune, hap, haphazard, happiness, hazard, hit, lot, lottery, luck, prise, prize, sort, speed, star, swat), sina (fortune, lot, luck, portion), destino (address, billet, burden, destination, die, dole, doom, draw, fate, fortune, future, hap, karma, kismet, lines, lot, luck, portion, star, weirdy, whither). (various references)

Romanian

destin (chance, dole, doom, fatality, fate, fortune, hap, line, lot, luck), ursitã (fate, weird), stea (blaze, fate, light, star, streamer, sweetheart), soartã (chance, dole, doom, fatality, fate, fortune, future, hap, kismet, line, lot, luck, portion, Rede, weird), scrisã (fate, lot), fatalitate (fatality, fatalness, fate). (various references)

Russian 

судьба (chance, fate, fortune, kismet, lot, luck, weird). (various references)

Scottish

ceann-uidhe (end of a journey, fate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sudbina (doom, fate, fortune, kismet, lot, rede). (various references)

Spanish

destino (destination, die, earmark, fate, fluke, lines, luck, portion, posting, purpose), suerte (chance, destination, die, factories, fatalism, fate, fortune, happiness, kind, luck, luckiness, piece of luck, sort, try). (various references)

Swedish

öde (desert, desolate, fait, fate, fortune, fortunes, kismet, lot, unsettled, waste, wild). (various references)

Turkish

kader (dispensation, doom, fatal, fatality, fate, foreordination, fortune, karma, lot, Moira, predestination, Providence), kısmet (chance, fatality, fate, foreordination, fortune, inning, innings, kismet, lot, Moira, portion, predestination, shot), felek (fate), alinyazisi (fate, fortune, luck), alın yazısı (doom, fate, foreordination, ordinance, predestination). (various references)

Turkmen 

nesibe (fate), зigin (shoulder). (various references)

Ukrainian

фатум (fate, weird), неминучість (certitude, imminence, imminency, impendence, infallibility, instancy, necessity, omnipresence), приреченість (fatality), доля (allotment, chance, cup, doom, fatality, fate, fortune, karma, lot, nemesis, portion, predestination). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vận số (ball), vận mệnh (fatality, predestination), số phận (kismet, lot, weird). (various references)

Welsh

tynged (fate). (various references)

nam. (various references)

colo, colorum, colosensium, constitutio, constitutione, constitutionem, constitutiones, fado, fatum, multicoloria. (various references)

gesceap. (various references)

Misspellings

"Destiny" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: desity, Dessein, desteni, desteny, Destina, destiney, desting, destino, destny, dischnry, Distin. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: density.

-1 letter: syndet, teinds.

-2 letters: deist, deity, dents, diets, dines, dints, dites, ditsy, dynes, edits, inset, neist, nides, nites, senti, sited, snide, stein, stied, styed, teind, tends, tides, tined, tines, tyned, tynes, yetis.

-3 letters: deni, dens, dent, deny, deys, dies, diet, dine, dins, dint, dite, dits, dyes, dyne, edit, ends, ides, nest, nets, nide, nite.

+1 letter: syndetic.

+2 letters: asyndetic, cytidines, dentistry, dynamites, dynasties, steadying, stridency, syndicate.

+3 letters: anhydrites, arytenoids, destroying, dishonesty, dynamiters, dysenteric, dyskinetic, restudying, seminudity, stridently, syndicated, syndicates, thymidines, tyrannised, unsteadily.

+4 letters: countryside, decryptions, designatory, dishonestly, dysenteries, endocytosis, misidentify, predynastic, sedimentary, serendipity, stipendiary, sustainedly, syncretised, syncretized, synthesized, tyrocidines, unsteadying, vineyardist.

+5 letters: countrysides, dehydrations, demystifying, densitometry, desolatingly, dicotyledons, discrepantly, disjointedly, dispensatory, endosymbiont, indiscreetly, interestedly, iridescently, laryngitides, molybdenites, pseudonymity, rehydrations, restrainedly, syndactylies, syndetically, tyrannicides, vineyardists.