/des"teuh nee/ , n. , pl. destinies .
1. something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.
2. the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events.
3. the power or agency that determines the course of events.
4. ( cap. ) this power personified or represented as a goddess.
5. the Destinies , the Fates.
[ 1275-1325; ME destinee destiner ) destinata, fem. ptp. of destinare. See DESTINE, -EE ]
Syn. 1. fate, karma, kismet. 2. future. See fate .