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Definitions for foredoom
fɔrˈdum, foʊr-; ˈfɔrˌdum, ˈfoʊr-fore·doom

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. foredoomverb

    doom beforehand

Wiktionary

  1. foredoomnoun

    A doom that is predicted; destiny

  2. foredoomverb

    To predestine a doom; to presage

  3. Etymology: From. Compare foredeem.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Foredoomverb

    To predestinate; to determine beforehand.

    Etymology: fore and doom.

    Through various hazards and events we move
    To Latium, and the realms foredoom’d by Jove. John Dryden, Æn.

    The willing metal will obey thy hand,
    Following with ease: if favour’d by thy fate,
    Thou art foredoom’d to view the Stygian state. Dryden.

    Fate foredoom’d, and all things tend
    By course of time to their appointed end. Dryden.

    Here Britain’s statesmen oft the fall foredoom
    Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPT

  1. foredoom

    Foredoom refers to the act of condemning or determining beforehand that something will end unfavorably or disastrously; to doom in advance or predestine to a particular fate. It can also mean to predict something negative will happen.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Foredoomverb

    to doom beforehand; to predestinate

  2. Foredoomnoun

    doom or sentence decreed in advance

  3. Etymology: [Cf. Foredeem.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Foredoom

    fōr-dōōm′, v.t. to doom beforehand.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of foredoom in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of foredoom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


Translations for foredoom

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  • орис, обричамBulgarian
  • condamner à l'avance, fatalité, destinFrench
  • op voorhand veroordelen, fataliteit, noodlotDutch

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