1. Inevitable destruction or ruin. 2. Fate, especially a tragic or ruinous one. 3. A decision or judgment, especially an official condemnation to a severe penalty. 4. Judgment Day. 5. A statute or ordinance, especially one in force in Anglo-Saxon England.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: doomed, doom·ing, dooms 1. To condemn to ruination or death. See synonyms at condemn. 2. To destine to an unhappy end.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English dom, from Old English dm, judgment. See dh- in Appendix I.
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m, judgment. See dh
- in Appendix I.
