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Plural of destiny

regular plural

The plural of destiny is destinies.

Forms of destiny

Singulardestiny /ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/
Pluraldestinies
Countablecountable

Destinies in a sentence

  • There were two kinds of beardom opposed here, two futures, two destinies.1995, Philip Pullman, Northern Lights
  • To torment, inflict pains, sorrows, rival and attack great destinies is your lot”, he croaked, paused and bellowed.”2008, Marcel D. Chukwubueze Ugwumadu, The Fiendish Triangle, Cel-Bez & Co. Publishers, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry villainly
  • It is that Joans of Arc, to fulfill the most shining symmetries of their destinies, should not grow interminably old.1966 January 27, Charles Poore, “Books of The Times: General de Gaulle Is Wired for History”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The…. From the entry Joan of Arc
  • The vision of a salon was miraged before her, with herself in the middle deftly manipulating the destinies of a nation.1901, A. E. W. Mason, Ensign Knightley and Other Stories. From the entry mirage
  • The association of the heavenly bodies with known metals and also with human organs and destinies goes back to ancient Chaldea, the land of astrologers.2013, John Read, From Alchemy to Chemistry. From the entry sugar

Meaning of destiny

  1. noun That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
  2. noun One's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined).
  3. noun The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.

Full definition of destiny

Questions about the plural of destiny

What is the plural of destiny?
The plural of destiny is destinies.
Is destiny countable?
Destiny is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: destiny (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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