Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.

    a criminal doomed to death

    verurteilen, verdammen

    обрека́тьobrekátʹ, обре́чьobréčʹ, осужда́тьosuždátʹ

    прирікатиpryrikaty, приректи́pryrektý

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

  2. To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.

  3. (Internet, intransitive)To be extremely pessimistic about something.

  4. (obsolete)To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.

  5. (obsolete)To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

  6. (New England, archaic)To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.

Examples

85 sentences
  1. We are doomed.

    Ми приречені. — deniko

    ruМы обречены. — marafon

    deWir sind verloren. — Vortarulo

  2. Tom ran back to his doom.

  3. Tom was doomed.

  4. You're all doomed.

    ruВы все обречены. — Wezel

  5. The enterprise was doomed to failure.

    ruПредприятие было обречено на провал. — kukla

    deDas Unternehmen war zum Scheitern verurteilt. — JWeighardt

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to condemn:
Русский
By meaning 1
to condemn:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to condemn:

Origin

From Middle English doom, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-West Germani

From Middle English doom, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.

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Forms

dooms, dooming, doomed, doomed
Base formdoom · to doom
3rd person singulardooms
Present participledooming
Past simpledoomed
Past participledoomed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydoom
he, she, itdooms

Past simpleLesson

all personsdoomed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill doom

Synonyms

22 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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