destiny

/ˈde-stə-nē/

Middle English destinee, from Anglo-French, from feminine of destiné, past participle of destiner seedestine

noun

  1. something to which a person or thing is destined : fortune

  2. a predetermined course of events often held to be an irresistible power or agency

wants to control his own destiny

fate destiny lot portion doom mean a predetermined state or end. fate implies an inevitable and usually an adverse outcome. destiny implies something foreordained and often suggests a great or noble course or end.

noun

  1. a future event accepted as inevitable; broadly : an ostensibly benevolent or necessary policy of imperialistic expansion

in the mid-19th century expansion to the Pacific was regarded as the Manifest Destiny of the United States