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destiny

des·ti·ny [ déstinee ] (plural des·ti·nies)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. somebody's preordained future: the apparently predetermined and inevitable series of events that happen to somebody or something

2. inner realizable purpose of life: the inner purpose of a life that can be discovered and realized

3. something that predetermines events: a force or agency that predetermines what will happen

[14th century. < Old French destinee< Latin destinare (see destine)]
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