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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dooms•day /ˈdumzˌdeɪ/USA pronunciation n. - Religion[proper noun] the day of the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
- nuclear destruction of the world:[uncountable]a story about doomsday in the near future.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dooms•day (do̅o̅mz′dā′),USA pronunciation n. - Religionthe day of the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
- any day of judgment or sentence.
- nuclear destruction of the world.
adj. - given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity;
esp. concerned with or predicting future universal destruction:the doomsday issue of all-out nuclear war. - capable of causing widespread or total destruction:doomsday weapons.
- Middle English domes dai, Old English dōmesdæg Judgment Day. See doom, day bef. 1000
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: doomsday, domesday /ˈduːmzˌdeɪ/ n - (sometimes capital) the day on which the Last Judgment will occur
- any day of reckoning
- (modifier) characterized by predictions of disaster: doomsday scenario
Etymology: Old English dōmes dæg Judgment Day; related to Old Norse domsdagr |