DESTINY


Meaning of DESTINY in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ your own

He wanted to take control of his own ~.

▪ manifest

▪ human

▪ true

He came to Paris and found his true ~ as a poet.

▪ economic , political

▪ ultimate

I believe that only God knows what our ultimate destinies are.

VERB + DESTINY

▪ face , meet

The time was right for him to meet his ~.

▪ fulfil/fulfill

She felt that she had fulfilled her ~.

▪ accept

There's not much you can do but accept your ~.

▪ avoid , escape

No man can escape his ~.

▪ control

Can we control our own ~?

▪ find

She had to find her ~ on her own.

▪ alter , change

It was a decision which could have changed my ~.

▪ decide , determine , shape

Something was about to happen that would shape her ~.

DESTINY + VERB

▪ await sb , lie

the ~ that awaited him

Her ~ lay in that city.

PHRASES

▪ be in control of your own ~ , be master of your own ~

She set up her own business because she wanted to be in control of her own ~.

▪ a sense of ~

He was driven on by a strong sense of ~.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .