destiny
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- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 7
/ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/
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/ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/ · /ˈdes.tɪ.ni/
Definition of destiny
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
“Death is the destiny of all mortal men.”
“Her death (April 18, 1881) left the Empress Ts‘ŭ Hsi, the playmate of her youth, the sole Regent of China, with the destiny of four hundred millions of human beings in her hands.”
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noun
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That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
“Death is the destiny of all mortal men.”
“Her death (April 18, 1881) left the Empress Ts‘ŭ Hsi, the playmate of her youth, the sole Regent of China, with the destiny of four hundred millions of human beings in her hands.”
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That which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
“Ain't no use to fight it / Don't tamper with my destiny / Any way you slice it / I'm in the hands of fate, you see”
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One's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined).
“Everywhere the atom bombs are dropping / It's the end of all humanity / No more time for last-minute shopping / It's time to face your final destiny”
“Suspended between two ancient trees in some woody wonderland, the nearby brook babblingly bubbling to itself, the gently cooling breezes sweeping away all things bothersome, we self-sway each other to our own rhythms, and all our manifest destinies are ahhhsome.”
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The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
“Dara doesn't believe in using dating apps - she insists that destiny will find her other half.”
“There were two kinds of beardom opposed here, two futures, two destinies.”
name
- An unincorporated community in Osceola County, Florida, United States.
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A female given name from English.
“The man smiled and extended his hand. "I'm Cole." Rebecca took his hand. "Destiny." She'd chosen the name because she felt as though she'd discovered just that the day she realized what her mission in life was to be.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English destine et al., from Old French destinee, from Latin dēstinō (English destine). Displaced Old English wyrd.
Words you can make from destiny
136 playable · top: DENSITY (11 pts)
Best play density 11 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
32 words- DEITY 9 pts
- DITSY 9 pts
- DYNES 9 pts
- STYED 9 pts
- TYNED 9 pts
- TIYNS 8 pts
- TYINS 8 pts
- TYNES 8 pts
- YETIS 8 pts
- DEIST 6 pts
- DENTS 6 pts
- DIETS 6 pts
- DINES 6 pts
- DINTS 6 pts
- DITES 6 pts
- EDITS 6 pts
- IDENT 6 pts
- NIDES 6 pts
- SITED 6 pts
- SNIDE 6 pts
- STIED 6 pts
- TEIND 6 pts
- TENDS 6 pts
- TIDES 6 pts
- TINED 6 pts
- INSET 5 pts
- NEIST 5 pts
- NITES 5 pts
- SENTI 5 pts
- STEIN 5 pts
- TEINS 5 pts
- TINES 5 pts
4-letter words
52 words- DENY 8 pts
- DEYS 8 pts
- DYES 8 pts
- DYNE 8 pts
- TIDY 8 pts
- SNYE 7 pts
- STEY 7 pts
- STYE 7 pts
- SYNE 7 pts
- TINY 7 pts
- TIYN 7 pts
- TYES 7 pts
- TYIN 7 pts
- TYNE 7 pts
- YENS 7 pts
- YETI 7 pts
- YINS 7 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DENS 5 pts
- DENT 5 pts
- DESI 5 pts
- DIES 5 pts
- DIET 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- DINS 5 pts
- DINT 5 pts
- DITE 5 pts
- DITS 5 pts
- EDIT 5 pts
- ENDS 5 pts
- IDES 5 pts
- NIDE 5 pts
- SEND 5 pts
- SIDE 5 pts
- SNED 5 pts
- TEDS 5 pts
- TEND 5 pts
- TIDE 5 pts
- TIED 5 pts
- NEST 4 pts
- NETS 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NITS 4 pts
- SENT 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- SNIT 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TENS 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TINS 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- DEY 7 pts
- DYE 7 pts
- STY 6 pts
- SYN 6 pts
- TYE 6 pts
- YEN 6 pts
- YES 6 pts
- YET 6 pts
- YIN 6 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- DIE 4 pts
- DIN 4 pts
- DIS 4 pts
- DIT 4 pts
- EDS 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- IDS 4 pts
- TED 4 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
2-letter words
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