noun

destiny

DES-tuh-nee/ˈdestəni/

A future course of events believed to be inevitable or meant to happen.

The single unbranching path represents the woman's destiny stretching toward the distant sunrise.

A young woman pauses at the beginning of a single, already-laid stone path that winds toward a distant sunrise.

Etymology

destinyOld Frenchthat which is destined; fate

‘That which is destined’ carries the older idea of something firmly established. Applied to the future, this becomes a course of events believed to be already settled by fate.

In context

Jews for Judaism0:32

moving inexorably towards its Destiny to its prophetic destiny that we've described in the past few sessions but we are not just here in the present we are part of a nation that has a future

THE LIFE CYCLE OF JUDAISM: From Cradle to Grave - Rabbi Michael Skobac - Jews for Judaism

More examples

They wondered what destiny awaited their town.
The poem imagines several intertwined destinies.
He rejected the idea of a fixed destiny.

Forms

destiny · destinies

destined adjective — Believed certain or intended to happen.

Similar words

fate: Often emphasizes forces beyond one's control.
future: What will happen, without implying inevitability.