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Noun
/ˈdestinē/,
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destinies, plural;
  1. The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future
    • - she was unable to control her own destiny
  2. The hidden power believed to control what will happen in the future; fate
    • - he believes in destiny

  1. an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
  2. the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of destiny"
  3. fortune: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
  4. Destiny refers to a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. It is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the cosmos.
  5. Destiny, or in the original German, Der müde Tod (Weary Death) is a 1921 silent film directed in Germany by Fritz Lang. ...
  6. Destiny (Il Destino) is a 1938 drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Cesare Bettarini.
  7. Destiny (Судьба) is a 1977 directed by Evgeniy Matveyev and starring Evgeniy Matveyev, Olga Ostroumova, Yuri Yakovlev,screen adaptation of Peter Proskurin's second book novel Earthy Love. This film has got 57,8 million spectators in 1978. ...
  8. Destiny (المصير) is a 1997 French-Egyptian historical drama film directed by Youssef Chahine. It was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
  9. "Destiny" is episode 8 of season 5 in the television show Angel. Co-written by David Fury and Steven S. DeKnight and directed by Skip Schoolnik, it was originally broadcast on November 19, 2003 on the WB network. ...
  10. Destiny is a heavy metal / progressive metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, founded by Stefan Björnshög.
  11. Destiny, in comics, may refer to: * Destiny (DC Comics), member of the Endless in the DC Comics/Vertigo series The Sandman and host of 1970s horror comics * Destiny (Marvel Comics): ** Destiny (Irene Adler), precognitive mutant and Mystique's late lover in Marvel Comics' X-Men ** Destiny (Marvel ...
  12. Destiny is a DC Comics character created by Marv Wolfman and Bernie Wrightson, first appearing in Weird Mystery Tales #1 (1972), and was regular host of that series for the first fourteen issues, after which he hosted Secrets of Haunted House. ...
  13. The following is a list of episodes from the USA Network original series The Dead Zone. The series debuted on June 16, 2002.
  14. Individual Thought Patterns is the fifth album by Death, released in 1993.
  15. Girls Aloud are a girl group that were created through the ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. The group consists of Nadine Coyle, Cheryl Cole, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. ...
  16. Destiny is a feminine name meaning "destiny, fate" from the Latin word "destinare," meaning "to determine." It has been a popular name in the United States, where it is ranked in the top 50 names given to baby girls. It is also name particularly popular for African American girls. ...
  17. Destiny is the seventh studio solo album released by American singer Gloria Estefan, but is the nineteenth of her career overall. It was released in 1996.
  18. Destiny (Irene Adler) is a Marvel Comics fictional character, known as an adversary of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, the character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981). ...
  19. The Destiny module is the primary operating facility for U.S. research payloads aboard the International Space Station (ISS). It was berthed to the Unity module and activated over a period of five days in February, 2001. ...
  20. Destiny (also known as Fate, Czech: Osud) is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by the composer and Fedora Bartošová. Janáček began the work in 1903 and completed it in 1907. ...
  21. In Hindu belief, the universe we are now experiencing is in one such relative cycle of creation. A consequence of this view is typified in the term "karma." Each person is responsible for his or her own destiny. ...
  22. the name of the U.S. lab; named in honor of its prominent role in the world's largest science and technology effort.
  23. Final outcome. The seemingly inevitable or predetermined course of events. See: adrishta, fate, karma.
  24. Rollo May (1981) used the term destiny to refer in a broad sense to that which influences us that we are unable to control. Destiny is a mixture of our thrownness and the impact of existential givens. ...
  25. Life’s mission, consequentially linked with karma (previous decisions) and the consciousness (momentary decisions); the “plan” by which we release ourselves from karma’s cycle. ...