destiny
pronunciation
How to pronounce destiny in British English:
UK [ˈdestəni]
How to pronounce destiny in American English:
US [ˈdestəni]
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- Noun:
- an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
Word Origin
- destiny
- destiny: [14] Etymologically, one’s destiny is that which has been firmly established or determined for one (as if by fate). The word comes from destinee, the Old French descendant of Latin dēstinātus. This was the past participle of dēstināre ‘make firm, establish’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and *stanāre ‘fix’ (source also of English obstinate). This in turn was a derivative of stare ‘stand’, a relative of English stand. The Latin verb also gave English destine [14] and hence destination [15], whose current use comes from an earlier place of destination ‘place for which one is bound’.=> destination, obstinate, stand
- destiny (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French destinée (12c.) "purpose, intent, fate, destiny; that which is destined," noun use of fem. past participle of destiner, from Latin destinare "make firm, establish" (see destination). The sense is of "that which has been firmly established," as by fate.
Example
- 1. And that is why we can fulfill our destiny .
- 2. But dr puts emphasises that evolutionary biology is not destiny .
- 3. Then , on earth , does destiny of ms. liang good or bad ?
- 4. Do you know what your destiny is ?
- 5. She said it was her destiny .