|Origin:||destinee, from Latin destinare 'to fasten, fix'|
des‧ti‧ny plural destinies
1 [countable usually singular]
the things that will happen to someone in the future, especially those that cannot be changed or controlled [= fate]
Nancy wondered whether it was her destiny to live in England and marry Melvyn.
the power that some people believe decides what will happen to them in the future:
She always had a strong sense of destiny.