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doom

UK/duːm/ US/ˈdum/ fairly common
verb (3) noun (1)

verb

1.

decree or designate beforehand

  • “She was destined to become a great pianist”
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2.

pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

  • “He was condemned to ten years in prison”
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3.

make certain of the failure or destruction of

  • “This decision will doom me to lose my position”

noun

1.

an unpleasant or disastrous destiny

  • “everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it”
  • “that”
  • “t the end of the world”
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Origin

From Middle English doom, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos. Cognates Compare Dutch doem (“condemnation, doom; judgement”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dom (“judgement”), Faroese and Icelandic dómur (“judgement”), Gothic 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms, “insight, judgement”); also Ancient Greek θωμός (thōmós, “heap”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian ду́ма (dúma, “thought”), Polish duma (“pride”). Doublet of duma. See also deem.

Phrases

  • Barrel of Doom
  • crack of doom
  • day of doom
  • demon duck of doom
  • doom and gloom
  • doom folk
  • doom jobbing
  • doom loop

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