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Meaning of 'doom' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Doom [ v. t.]
- Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
- That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.
- Ruin; death.
- Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision.
- To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
- 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.
- To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
- To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.
- To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.

Meaning of 'doom' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . doom [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
Example in sentence:
  • 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 . doom [ v]
Meaning (2):
- pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
Example in sentence:
  • He was condemned to ten years in prison
Meaning (3):
- decree or designate beforehand
Example in sentence:
  • She was destined to become a great pianist
Meaning (4):
- make certain of the failure or destruction of
Example in sentence:
  • This decision will doom me to lose my position

Nearby Words:

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