DOOM
\dˈuːm], \dˈuːm], \d_ˈuː_m]\
Definitions of DOOM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"
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an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "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"
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make certain of the failure or destruction of; "This decision will doom me to lose my position"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
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That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.
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Ruin; death.
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Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision.
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To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
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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.
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To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
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To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.
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To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.
By Oddity Software
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Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
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That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.
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Ruin; death.
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Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision.
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To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
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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.
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To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
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To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.
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To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.
By Noah Webster.
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Judgment; sentence; destiny which cannot be changed; fate; ruin.
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To pronounce condemnation upon; sentence to punishment.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Judgment: condemnation: destiny: ruin: final judgment.
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To pronounce judgment on: to sentence: to condemn:-pr.p. dooming; pa.p. doomed'.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To consign to death or ruin; condemn.
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The act of dooming, or the state of being doomed; sad or evil destiny; condemnation; sentence.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree;—that to which one is doomed or sentenced; penalty; fate; destruction; final condemnation; rain.
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Judicial sentence, judgment; condemnation; determination declared; the state to which one is destined; ruin, destruction.
By Thomas Sheridan
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Theodore Tilton
- American journalist, verse-writer, editor, lecturer; born in New York city, Oct. 2, 1835. was long known as editor on the Independent(1856-72). established Golden Age(newspaper), but retired from it after two years. 1883 went abroad, where remained. Besides numerous essays fugitive pieces, he has published: "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems"(1867); "Sanctum Sanctorum; or, An Editor's Proof Sheets"(1869); "Tempest-Tossed", a romance(1873); "Thou I"(1880); "Suabian Stories",(1882). Died 1907.