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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024doom /dum/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- fate or destiny, esp. bad or adverse fate.
- ruin or death:facing doom and destruction.
v. [~ + object* usually: be + ~-ed] - to make sure that something will happen, esp. a bad fate;
cause to fail:We are doomed to make the same mistakes in the future.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024doom (do̅o̅m),USA pronunciation n. - fate or destiny, esp. adverse fate;
unavoidable ill fortune:In exile and poverty, he met his doom. - ruin;
death:to fall to one's doom. - a judgment, decision, or sentence, esp. an unfavorable one:The judge pronounced the defendant's doom.
- Religionthe Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
- [Obs.]a statute, enactment, or legal judgment.
v.t. - to destine, esp. to an adverse fate.
- to pronounce judgment against;
condemn. - to ordain or fix as a sentence or fate.
- bef. 900; Middle English dome, dōm, Old English dōm judgment, law; cognate with Old Norse dōmr, Gothic dōms; compare Sanskrit dhá̄man, Greek thémis law; see do1, deem
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See fate.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged condemnation.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged predestine.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: doom /duːm/ n - death or a terrible fate
- a judgment or decision
- (sometimes capital)
another term for the Last Judgment
vb - (transitive) to destine or condemn to death or a terrible fate
Etymology: 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 |