Meaning

12 senses
  1. (transitive)To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.

    The president condemned the terrorists.

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    осужда́тьosuždátʹ, осуди́тьosudítʹ, порица́тьporicátʹ

    осу́джуватиosúdžuvaty, осуди́тиosudýty

  2. (transitive)To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.

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    осужда́тьosuždátʹ, осуди́тьosudítʹ

    засу́джуватиzasúdžuvaty, засуди́тиzasudýty, осу́джуватиosúdžuvaty

    pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

  3. (transitive)To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence

    The judge condemned him to death.

    She was condemned to life in prison.

  4. (transitive)To confer eternal divine punishment upon.

    verdammen, verurteilen

    проклина́тьproklinátʹ, прокля́стьprokljástʹ, осужда́тьosuždátʹ

  5. (figuratively, transitive)To destine to experience bad circumstances; to doom.

    Too many people are condemned to a life of poverty.

  6. (transitive)To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.

    declare or judge unfit for use or habitation

  7. To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.

    (transitive)To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.

    The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.

  8. (transitive)To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.

  9. (transitive)To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.

    für ungenießbar erklären

  10. (transitive)To declare (a vessel) to be unfit for service.

    für seeuntüchtig erklären

  11. (transitive)To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.

    enteignen

    appropriate (property) for public use

  12. (transitive)To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government or to be a prize.

Examples

111 sentences
  1. He was condemned to death.

    Його засудили на смерть.

    ruОн был приговорён к смерти.

    deEr wurde zum Tode verurteilt.

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  2. Tom was condemned to death.

    Тома було засуджено до смерті.

    ruТом был приговорён к смерти.

    deTom wurde zum Tode verurteilt.

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  3. The judge condemned him to death.

    ruСудья приговорил его к смерти.

    deDer Richter hat ihn zum Tode verurteilt.

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  4. It's important to condemn racism, but that alone isn't enough.

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  5. This building has been condemned.

    ruЭто здание было признано непригодным для жилья.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate:
to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty:
Русский
By meaning 2
to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate:
to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
to adjudge as unfit for habitation:
to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate:
to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon:
to adjudge food or drink as unfit for human consumption:
to declare a vessel forfeited or unfit for service:
to declare property to be assigned to public use:

Origin

From Middle English condempnen, from Old French condamner, from Latin condemnāre (“to sent

From Middle English condempnen, from Old French condamner, from Latin condemnāre (“to sentence, condemn, blame”), from com- + damnāre (“to harm, condemn, damn”), from damnum (“damage, injury, loss”). Displaced native Middle English fordemen (from Old English fordeman (“condemn, sentence, doom”) > Modern English fordeem.

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Forms

condemns, condemning, condemned, condemned
Base formcondemn · to condemn
3rd person singularcondemns
Present participlecondemning
Past simplecondemned
Past participlecondemned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycondemn
he, she, itcondemns

Past simpleLesson

all personscondemned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave condemned
he, she, ithas condemned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill condemn

Synonyms

82 synonyms

Antonyms

12 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

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