doom
verb/duːm/
/duːm/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they doom | /duːm/ /duːm/ |
| he / she / it dooms | /duːmz/ /duːmz/ |
| past simple doomed | /duːmd/ /duːmd/ |
| past participle doomed | /duːmd/ /duːmd/ |
| -ing form dooming | /ˈduːmɪŋ/ /ˈduːmɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody/something certain to fail, suffer, die, etc.
- be doomed to something The plan was doomed to failure.
- be doomed to do something The plan was doomed to fail.
- be doomed The marriage was doomed from the start.
Word OriginOld English dōm ‘statute, judgement’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘to put in place’; related to do1.Definitions on the go
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