destiny

4 definitions • 6 examples

the things that will happen in the future:

destiny of The destiny of our nation depends on this vote!

shape someone's destiny She felt that her destiny had been shaped by her gender.

control/determine your destiny People want to control/determine their own destinies.

the force that some people think controls what happens in the future, and is outside human control:

You can't fight destiny.

He is a tragic victim of destiny.

the particular state of a person or thing in the future, considered as resulting from earlier events:

[ C ] We all want to determine our own destinies.

Destiny is the force that some people think controls what happens in the future, and which cannot be influenced by people.