Associations to the word «Destiny»

Wiktionary

DESTINY, noun. That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.
DESTINY, noun. The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
DESTINY, proper noun. A female given name.

Dictionary definition

DESTINY, noun. An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future.
DESTINY, noun. The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of destiny".
DESTINY, noun. 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".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.