Definition

1. Noun:
   • Destiny; predestination: The concept that all events are predetermined and inevitable, often by a divine power or fate. It implies a fixed, unchangeable course for a person's life or for events.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy tin rằng mọi thứ đều do định mạng. (He believes everything is due to destiny.)
  • Số phận của họ dường như đã được định mạng từ trước. (Their fate seemed to have been predestined.)
  • Cô ấy không chống lại định mạng. (She does not fight against predestination.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in philosophical, religious, or literary contexts to discuss fatalism and the lack of free will.
• It can carry a slightly more formal or classical tone compared to the more common word "số phận" (fate).

Variants and Related Words

• Định mệnh (n): This is a more common variant with the same meaning of destiny or fate.
  • Định mệnh đã đưa đẩy họ đến với nhau. (Destiny brought them together.)

Synonyms

• Destiny: The predetermined course of events.
• Predestination: The doctrine that all events have been willed by God, especially concerning the salvation of souls.
• Fate: The development of events beyond a person's control, determined by a supernatural power.

Related Idioms

• Đã là định mạng: It is meant to be; it is fate.
  • Chúng ta gặp nhau, đó đã là định mạng. (We met, it was meant to be.)
• Số trời đã định: A similar idiom meaning "heaven's will is decreed," emphasizing inevitability.
  • Số trời đã định, khó mà tránh được. (It is heaven's decree, hard to avoid.)

noun

1. restiny; predestination