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destiny
(mass) | destiny
- určenie, osud |
destiny
(encz) | destiny,osud |
destiny
(encz) | destiny,určení Zdeněk Brož |
Destiny
(gcide) | Destiny \Des"ti*ny\, n.; pl. Destinies. [OE. destinee,
destene, F. destin['e]e, from destiner. See Destine.]
1. That to which any person or thing is destined;
predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine
or by human will; fate; lot; doom.
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Thither he
Will come to know his destiny. --Shak.
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No man of woman born,
Coward or brave, can shun his destiny. --Bryant.
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2. The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a
resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the
future, whether in general or of an individual.
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But who can turn the stream of destiny? --Spenser.
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as
inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
--Longfellow.
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The Destinies (Anc. Myth.), the three Parc[ae], or Fates;
the supposed powers which preside over human life, and
determine its circumstances and duration.
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Marked by the Destinies to be avoided. --Shak.
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destiny
(wn) | destiny
n 1: an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably
happen in the future [syn: destiny, fate]
2: the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of
events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in
the face of destiny" [syn: destiny, fate]
3: 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" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate, luck,
lot, circumstances, portion] |
destiny
(devil) | DESTINY, n. A tyrant's authority for crime and fool's excuse for
failure.
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destiny
(mass) | destiny
- určenie, osud |
destiny
(encz) | destiny,osud destiny,určení Zdeněk Brož |
line of destiny
(encz) | line of destiny, n: |
manifest destiny
(encz) | manifest destiny, n: |
manifest destiny
(gcide) | manifest destiny \manifest destiny\ n.
A policy of imperialism rationalized as inevitable (as if
granted by God).
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Predestiny
(gcide) | Predestiny \Pre*des"ti*ny\, n.
Predestination. [Obs.]
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destiny
(wn) | destiny
n 1: an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably
happen in the future [syn: destiny, fate]
2: the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of
events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in
the face of destiny" [syn: destiny, fate]
3: 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" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate, luck,
lot, circumstances, portion] |
line of destiny
(wn) | line of destiny
n 1: a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how
successful you will be [syn: line of fate, {line of
destiny}, line of Saturn] |
manifest destiny
(wn) | manifest destiny
n 1: a policy of imperialism rationalized as inevitable (as if
granted by God) |
destiny
(devil) | DESTINY, n. A tyrant's authority for crime and fool's excuse for
failure.
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