Doom Definition
do͝om
doomed, dooms
noun
dooms
A statute; decree.
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A judgment; esp., a sentence of condemnation.
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Tragic fate; ruin or death.
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Destiny; fate.
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Judgment Day.
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Synonyms:
verb
doomed, dooms
To pronounce judgment on; condemn; sentence.
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To cause to come to an inevitable bad end; destine to end badly.
American Heritage
To destine to a tragic fate.
Webster's New World
To ordain as a penalty.
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pronoun
(video games, trademark) A popular first-person shooter video game, often regarded as the father of the genre.
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Other Word Forms of Doom
Noun
Singular:
doom
Plural:
doomsOrigin of Doom
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From Middle English dome, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos. Compare West Frisian doem, Dutch doem, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish dom, Icelandic dómur. See also deem.
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Middle English dom from Old English dōm judgment dhē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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