destinies
- 1Plural of destiny.
The war bound the destinies of the two nations together for a generation.
The novel follows the destinies of three families across a single century.
Note
A regular plural: after a consonant, the final y of destiny turns into -ies. It suits the meanings in which each person, family or nation has a fate of its own, and it usually travels with a possessive or an of-phrase, as in their destinies or the destinies of nations. Often the point is fates that cross, as when a war binds two countries' destinies together.
destinies is a form of destiny
destiny, noun: The future state that a person or thing is destined for, settled in advance by divine power or human will and bound to come in time. Full entry
- Forms
- destinydestinies plural
- Spelling
- destiny → destinies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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