end of the world
The death and destruction of life on Earth, especially humanThe death and destruction of life on Earth, especially human.
Translations
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Examples
62 sentencesThis is the end of the world.
Це кінець світу. — deniko
It's not the end of the world.
Це не кінець світу. — deniko
ruЭто не конец света. — marafon
deDavon geht die Welt nicht unter. — Esperantostern
It isn't the end of the world.
Meaning
4 sensesThe death and destruction of life on Earth, especially human.
Ende der Welt, Weltende, Weltuntergang
коне́ц све́таkonéc svéta, коне́ц ми́раkonéc míra
кіне́ць сві́туkinécʹ svítu
(idiomatic)Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating.
You make it sound as though moving house is the end of the world.
Weltuntergang
коне́ц све́таkonéc svéta
кіне́ць сві́туkinécʹ svítu
The destruction of Earth.
Synonym of ends of the earth (“a faraway place”)
- (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
Forms
plural: ends of the world| Singular | end of the world |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
14 synonyms- (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives:Judgment DayJudgement DayDay of JudgmentDay of JudgementDoomsdayLast JudgmentLast JudgementLast Day
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny:doomdoomsdayday of reckoning
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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