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- pronunciation:
- de
stih
ni
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noun |
| inflections: |
destinies |
| definition 1: |
Destiny is an invisible power that many people believe in. Destiny is the force that makes things certain to happen. If you believe in destiny, you believe that a certain thing or certain things MUST happen to you during your life. You cannot stop these things from happening and you cannot change them. If it is your destiny to become a movie star, for example, then you will become one.
My mom and dad say it was their destiny to meet and marry each other.The explorer believed it was his destiny to be the first man to explore the mighty river, but when he got there, he found that another explorer's team had gotten there first.- synonyms:
- fate, fortune
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| definition 2: |
Destiny is what actually happens to a person in the end, after all other possibilities have gone away.
If you could know your destiny in life, would you want to know?Mrs. Lam was getting bored with the TV show she was watching, but she still wanted to know the destinies of the main characters.- synonyms:
- fate
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| related words: |
fortune, life, luck |
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