destiny

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
  2. noun the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
  3. noun your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

Etymology

From Middle English destine et al., from Old French destinee, from Latin dēstinō (English destine). Displaced Old English wyrd.

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Synonyms

fate

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