1) to achieve, fulfill one's destiny
2) to decide, shape smb.'s destiny
3) Manifest Destiny
4) destiny to + inf. (it was her destiny to make an important medical discovery)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
Destiny — (рус. судьба): Destiny (группа) музыкальный коллектив из Швеции Destiny (DC Comics) герой комиксов Музыкальные альбомы Destiny (The Jacksons) (1978) Destiny (Chaka Khan) (1986) Destiny (Saxon) (1988) Destiny (Gloria Estefan) (1996)… … Википедия
Destiny — (engl. für Schicksal, Reiseziel) steht für das vierte Modul der Internationalen Raumstation ISS, siehe Destiny (ISS) eine Metalcore Band, siehe The Destiny Program (bis 2006 unter dem Namen Destiny aktiv) ein Album der Band Stratovarius, siehe… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Destiny — Des ti*ny, n.; pl. {Destinies}. [OE. destinee, destene, F. destin[ e]e, from destiner. See {Destine}.] 1. That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
destiny — mid 14c., from O.Fr. destinée (12c.) purpose, intent, fate, destiny; that which is destined, fem. pp. of destiner, from L. destinare make firm, establish (see DESTINATION (Cf. destination)). The sense is of that which has been firmly established … Etymology dictionary
destiny — index destination, end (termination), predetermination, prospect (outlook) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
destiny — *fate, lot, doom, portion Analogous words: *end, termination, terminus, ending: goal, objective (see INTENTION) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
destiny — [n] fate afterlife, break*, breaks*, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, constellation, course of events, cup, design, divine decree, doom, expectation, finality, foreordination, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope,… … New thesaurus
destiny — ► NOUN (pl. destinies) 1) the events that will happen to a person, regarded as predetermined by fate. 2) the hidden power believed to control this; fate. ORIGIN Latin destinata, from destinare make firm, establish … English terms dictionary
destiny — [des′tə nē] n. pl. destinies [ME destine < OFr destinee, fem. pp. of destiner: see DESTINE] 1. the seemingly inevitable or necessary succession of events 2. what will necessarily happen to any person or thing; (one s) fate 3. that which… … English World dictionary
Destiny — For other uses, see Destiny (disambiguation). Fate redirects here. For other uses, see Fate (disambiguation). Destiny or fate refers to a predetermined course of events.[1] It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of… … Wikipedia
destiny — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ your own ▪ He wanted to take control of his own destiny. ▪ manifest ▪ human ▪ true ▪ … Collocations dictionary
