Word a Day
doom
What does doom mean?
doom (noun): destiny, especially terrible.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use doom in a sentence?
- Everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce doom?
/dum/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does doom come from?
From Middle English doom, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “doom” mean?
destiny, especially terrible
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a regulation, law, guideline
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a commodity offered for sale
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power to direct or determine
Not quite: that's what control means.
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