B2nounphilosophyemotions
US/ˈdes.tɪ.ni/
UK/ˈdes.tɪ.ni/
the future that is planned for someone by a power that cannot be controlled
In context
She believed it was her destiny to become a teacher.
We cannot control everything, but we can shape our own destiny.
Fate brought them together, and their destinies became linked forever.
Words that go with destiny
verb + noun
- shape your destinyChoose carefully, because you shape your destiny.
- fulfill your destinyYou may fulfill your destiny in ways you never planned.
- control your own destinyStarting a business lets you control your own destiny.
- meet your destinyOne day you will meet your destiny.
noun + preposition
- destiny ofNobody knows the destiny of the ancient city.
adjective + noun
- manifest destinyManifest destiny was a 19th-century American idea of expansion.
Common mistakes
Incorrect:
the destiny of my life is hardCorrect: my life is hard