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doom
(do͞om)n.
1. Inevitable destruction or ruin: a tyrant who finally met his doom.
2. A decision or judgment, especially an official condemnation to a severe penalty.
3. Judgment Day.
4. A statute or ordinance, especially one in force in Anglo-Saxon England.
tr.v. doomed, doom·ing, dooms
1. To condemn to ruination or death.
2. To cause to come to an inevitable bad end; destine to end badly: "With the benefit of hindsight, the fans felt that they knew all along that the Red Sox were doomed to lose" (Daniel L. Schachter).
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doom
(duːm)n
1. death or a terrible fate
2. a judgment or decision
3. (Theology) (sometimes capital) another term for the Last Judgment
vb
(tr) to destine or condemn to death or a terrible fate
[Old English dōm; related to Old Norse dōmr judgment, Gothic dōms sentence, Old High German tuom condition, Greek thomos crowd, Sanskrit dhāman custom; see do1, deem, deed, -dom]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
doom
(dum)n.
1. fate or destiny, esp. adverse fate.
2. ruin or death.
3. the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
v.t. 4. to destine, esp. to an adverse fate.
5. to condemn to death.
6. to ensure the failure of.
[before 900; Old English dōm judgment, law; c. Old High German tuom, Old Norse dōmr; compare Skt dhaman, Greek thémis law; akin to do1, deem]
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doom
Past participle: doomed
Gerund: dooming
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| Noun | 1. |  doom - an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world" |
| Verb | 1. | doom - decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" ordain - issue an order |
| 2. | doom - pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" foredoom - doom beforehand declare - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" reprobate - abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner" | |
| 3. | doom - make certain of the failure or destruction of; "This decision will doom me to lose my position" |
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doom
noun
1. destruction, ruin, catastrophe, death, downfall his warnings of impending doom
verb
1. condemn, sentence, consign, foreordain, destine, predestine, preordain Some suggest the leisure park is doomed to failure. condemn
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
doom
nounA predestined tragic end:
fate.
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Translations
مَصير، هَلاك، مَوْت، شَيئٌ رَهيبيَحْكُم عَلى، يُقَدِّر، يُدين
konecodsouditsmrtzkáza
dømmedommedag
ítél
dæmaömurleg endalok, dauîadómur
lemtis
lemts neveiksmeiliktenisnolemtnolemtība
fecî akıbetkötü yazgımahkum etmek/olmak
doom
[duːm]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
doom
[ˈduːm] n
(= ruin) → ruine f
impending doom
a dark atmosphere of impending doom → une atmosphère lugubre où plane la tragédie
impending doom
a dark atmosphere of impending doom → une atmosphère lugubre où plane la tragédie
(= gloom) → abattement m
vt
to doom sb to sth → condamner qn à qch
to doom sb to sth → condamner qn à qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
doom
n (= fate) → Schicksal nt; (= ruin) → Verhängnis nt; to go to one’s doom → seinem Verhängnis entgegengehen; to send somebody to his doom → jdn ins Verhängnis stürzen; he met his doom → das Schicksal ereilte ihn; doom and gloom → tiefster Pessimismus; it’s all doom and gloom with him at the moment → er sieht zurzeit alles nur schwarz; it’s not all gloom and doom → so schlimm ist es ja alles gar nicht
vt → verurteilen, verdammen; to be doomed → verloren sein; the project was doomed from the start → das Vorhaben war von Anfang an zum Scheitern verurteilt; the doomed ship → das dem Untergang geweihte Schiff; doomed to die → dem Tode geweiht; doomed to failure → zum Scheitern verurteilt; this country was doomed to become a second-rate nation → dieses Land war dazu verdammt, zur Zweitrangigkeit abzusinken
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
doom
[duːm]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
doom
(duːm) noun fate, especially something terrible and final which is about to happen (to one). The whole place had an atmosphere of doom; His doom was inevitable.
verb to condemn; to make certain to come to harm, fail etc. His crippled leg doomed him to long periods of unemployment; The project was doomed to failure; He was doomed from the moment he first took drugs.
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