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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 1.6 See also

[ English

[ Etymology

From Old English dōm (“‘judgement’”)

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /duːm/, SAMPA: /du:m/
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• Rhymes: -uːm

[ Noun

Singular doom

Plural dooms

doom (plural dooms)

1. An impending severe problem that seems inevitable.
2. A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
3. A death, fate or end.

   They met an untimely doom when the mine shaft caved in.

4. A medieval church painting of the Last Judgement

[ Translations

an impending severe problem

Finnish: tuho

Japanese: 運命(うんめい, unmei)

a feeling of danger

Finnish: kadotus

German: drohendes Unheil n.

a death

Finnish: tuho

Japanese: 死(し, shi)

a medieval church painting

[ Verb

Infinitive to doom

Third person singular dooms

Simple past doomed

Past participle doomed

Present participle dooming

to doom (third-person singular simple present dooms, present participle dooming, simple past and past participle doomed)

1. To condemn to a terrible fate or outcome

[ Translations

To condemn to a terrible fate or outcome

Czech: odsoudit

Finnish: tuomita

[ Anagrams

• mood

[ See also

• doomsday
• doomsaying