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Definition of 'Doom'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) doom
fate or destiny, esp. adverse fate.

2.  doom
ruin or death.

3.  doom
the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.

4. (v.t.) doom
to destine, esp. to an adverse fate.

5.  doom
to condemn to death.

6.  doom
to ensure the failure of.

Etymology: (bef. 900; OE dōm judgment, law; c. OHG tuom, ON dōmr; cf. Skt dh&amacracute;man, Gk thémis law; akin to do¹, deem)

Definition of 'Doom'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world
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"

2. (verb) destine, fate, doom, designate
decree or designate beforehand
"She was destined to become a great pianist"

3. (verb) sentence, condemn, doom
pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
"He was condemned to ten years in prison"

4. (verb) doom
make certain of the failure or destruction of
"This decision will doom me to lose my position"

Definition of 'Doom'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) doom
complete failure, disaster or death
a story of doom

2. doom
doom and gloom
the feeling that everything is bad and will continue that way
She's all doom and gloom today.

Definition of 'Doom'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) Doom
judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation

2. (verb) Doom
that to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty

3. (verb) Doom
ruin; death

4. (verb) Doom
discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision

5. (verb) Doom
to judge; to estimate or determine as a judge

6. (verb) Doom
to pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death

7. (verb) Doom
to ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine

8. (verb) Doom
to assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion

9. (verb) Doom
to destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate

Translation of 'Doom'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: 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.
Afrikaans: oordeel, ondergang	Arabic: مَصير، هَلاك، مَوْت، شَيئ	Bulgarian: участ
Brazilian: desgraça	Czech: zkáza, konec, smrt	German: das Verderben
Danish: dommedag	Greek: επικείμενη καταστροφή	Spanish: destino, sino, perdición,
Estonian: hukatus, hukk	Farsi: سرنوشت شوم؛ بدشگونی	Finnish: tuomio
French: ruine, perte	Hebrew: אֲבָדוֹן	Hindi: विनाश
Croatian: usud, sudbina	Hungarian: végzet	Indonesian: malapetaka
Icelandic: ömurleg endalok, dauðadóm	Italian: rovina, distruzione	Japanese: 宿命
Korean: 액운	Lithuanian: lemtis	Latvian: liktenis; nolemtība
Malay: kecelakaan	Dutch: onheil, ondergang	Norwegian: (ulykkelig) skjebne, unde
Polish: los, przeznaczenie	Persian: سرنوشت شوم؛ بدشگونی	Pashto: حكم، فتوا، فرمان: سرنوشت
Portuguese: desgraça	Romanian: condamnare; soartă	Russian: погибель
Slovak: zánik	Slovenian: poguba	Serbian: sudbina
Swedish: undergång	Thai: เคราะห์กรรม; ชะตากรรม	Turkish: kötü yazgı, fecî akıbet
Taiwanese: 厄運，劫數	Ukrainian: доля, фатум	Urdu: برا ، دہشت ناک انجام
Vietnamese: số phận bất hạnh	Chinese: 厄运
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