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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
doom    Audio Help   [doom] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.fate or destiny, esp. adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
2.ruin; death: to fall to one's doom.
3.a judgment, decision, or sentence, esp. an unfavorable one: The judge pronounced the defendant's doom.
4.the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
5.Obsolete. a statute, enactment, or legal judgment.
–verb (used with object)
6.to destine, esp. to an adverse fate.
7.to pronounce judgment against; condemn.
8.to ordain or fix as a sentence or fate.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME dome, dōm, OE dōm judgment, law; c. ON dōmr, Goth dōms; cf. Skt dhman, Gk thémis law; see do1, deem]

—Related forms
doomy, adjective

—Synonyms 1. See fate. 3. condemnation. 6. predestine.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  condemn
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To pronounce judgment against.
Synonyms:  damn, sentence
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  fate
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A predestined tragic end.
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  fate
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To predestine to a tragic end.
Synonyms:  foredoom
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - Cite This Source

Doom or Doomsday: see Judgment Day.

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