destiny
/ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.19 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
noun
One's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined).
noun
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.
name
An unincorporated community in Osceola County, Florida, United States.
name
A female given name from English.
Example Sentences
- "Death is the destiny of all mortal men."
- "Her death (April 18, 1881) left the Empress Ts‘ŭ Hsi, the playmate of her youth, the sole Regent of China, with the destiny of four hundred millions of human beings in her hands."
- "And nothing can keep him from me / He is my destiny"
- "Ain't no use to fight it / Don't tamper with my destiny / Any way you slice it / I'm in the hands of fate, you see"
- "Everywhere the atom bombs are dropping / It's the end of all humanity / No more time for last-minute shopping / It's time to face your final destiny"
- "Suspended between two ancient trees in some woody wonderland, the nearby brook babblingly bubbling to itself, the gently cooling breezes sweeping away all things bothersome, we self-sway each other to our own rhythms, and all our manifest destinies are ahhhsome."
Etymology
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/
- British English: /ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/