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I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh.
Shirley Henderson

Meaning of "doom" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DOOM

Old English dōm; related to Old Norse dōmr judgment, Gothic dōms sentence, Old High German tuom condition, Greek thomos crowd, Sanskrit dhāman custom.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DOOM

doom  [duːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOOM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Doom is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb doom in English.

WHAT DOES DOOM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Doom

Doom may refer to: ▪ dōm, the Anglo-Saxon word meaning "judgment", "law" ▪ Doom book the Laws of King Aelfred, Legal Code of Alfred the Great, Code of Alfred 893 ▪ Destiny, a predetermined course of events ▪ Doom, a painting that depicts the Last Judgment ▪ Mount Doom, a volcano in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings...

Definition of doom in the English dictionary

The first definition of doom in the dictionary is death or a terrible fate. Other definition of doom is a judgment or decision. Doom is also to destine or condemn to death or a terrible fate.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DOOM

PRESENT

Present
I doom
you doom
he/she/it dooms
we doom
you doom
they doom
Present continuous
I am dooming
you are dooming
he/she/it is dooming
we are dooming
you are dooming
they are dooming
Present perfect
I have doomed
you have doomed
he/she/it has doomed
we have doomed
you have doomed
they have doomed
Present perfect continuous
I have been dooming
you have been dooming
he/she/it has been dooming
we have been dooming
you have been dooming
they have been dooming
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I doomed
you doomed
he/she/it doomed
we doomed
you doomed
they doomed
Past continuous
I was dooming
you were dooming
he/she/it was dooming
we were dooming
you were dooming
they were dooming
Past perfect
I had doomed
you had doomed
he/she/it had doomed
we had doomed
you had doomed
they had doomed
Past perfect continuous
I had been dooming
you had been dooming
he/she/it had been dooming
we had been dooming
you had been dooming
they had been dooming
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will doom
you will doom
he/she/it will doom
we will doom
you will doom
they will doom
Future continuous
I will be dooming
you will be dooming
he/she/it will be dooming
we will be dooming
you will be dooming
they will be dooming
Future perfect
I will have doomed
you will have doomed
he/she/it will have doomed
we will have doomed
you will have doomed
they will have doomed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been dooming
you will have been dooming
he/she/it will have been dooming
we will have been dooming
you will have been dooming
they will have been dooming
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would doom
you would doom
he/she/it would doom
we would doom
you would doom
they would doom
Conditional continuous
I would be dooming
you would be dooming
he/she/it would be dooming
we would be dooming
you would be dooming
they would be dooming
Conditional perfect
I would have doom
you would have doom
he/she/it would have doom
we would have doom
you would have doom
they would have doom
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been dooming
you would have been dooming
he/she/it would have been dooming
we would have been dooming
you would have been dooming
they would have been dooming
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you doom
we let´s doom
you doom
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to doom
Past participle
doomed
Present Participle
dooming
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOOM


assume
əˈsjuːm
bathroom
ˈbɑːθˌruːm
bedroom
ˈbɛdˌruːm
bloom
bluːm
boardroom
ˈbɔːdˌruːm
boom
buːm
classroom
ˈklɑːsˌruːm
consume
kənˈsjuːm
costume
ˈkɒstjuːm
Hume
hjuːm
mushroom
ˈmʌʃruːm
newsroom
ˈnjuːzˌruːm
perfume
ˈpɜːfjuːm
resume
rɪˈzjuːm
room
ruːm
showroom
ˈʃəʊˌruːm
tomb
tuːm
volume
ˈvɒljuːm
whom
huːm
zoom
zuːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOOM

doolally tap
doolan
doolie
Doolittle
doom palm
doom-laden
doom-monger
doomed
doomful
doomfully
doomily
doomsayer
doomsday
Doomsday Book
doomsday clock
doomsday cult
doomsman
doomster
doomwatch
doomy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOOM

backroom
ballroom
broom
chat room
chatroom
courtroom
dining room
double room
dressing room
elephant in the room
emergency room
family room
guest room
hotel room
living room
locker room
locker-room
loom
master bedroom
press room

Synonyms and antonyms of doom in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DOOM»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «doom» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of doom

Translation of «doom» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOOM

Find out the translation of doom to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of doom from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «doom» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

厄运
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

suerte
570 millions of speakers

English

doom
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कयामत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дум
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ruína
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিয়তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

catastrophe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Azab
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verhängnis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

宿命
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

운명
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Doom
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

diệt vong
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டூம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत्यू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kader
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rovina ineluttabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Doom
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дум
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

doom
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

doom
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

straf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

undergång
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

doom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of doom

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOOM»

The term «doom» is very widely used and occupies the 11.995 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOOM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «doom» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «doom» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about doom

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10 QUOTES WITH «DOOM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word doom.
1
Simon Beaufoy
I'm very lucky. I actually like screenwriting. I rarely feel a sense of doom going to my desk.
2
John Cleveland
Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom nor forced him wander, but confine him home.
3
Simon Cowell
For the music business, social networking is brilliant. Just when you think it's doom and gloom and you have to spend millions of pounds on marketing and this and that, you have this amazing thing now called fan power. The whole world is linked through a laptop. It's amazing. And it's free. I love it. It's absolutely brilliant.
4
Don DeLillo
Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.
5
Ani DiFranco
God forbid you be an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room.
6
Maureen Dowd
Journalism, spooked by rumors of its own obsolescence, has stopped believing in itself. Groans of doom alternate with panicked happy talk.
7
Garth Ennis
I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly.
8
Al Goldstein
So, if anatomy is destiny then testosterone is doom.
9
Thomas Gray
Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, nor care beyond today.
10
Shirley Henderson
I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOOM»

Discover the use of doom in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to doom and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and ...
This is a story of friendship and betrayal, commerce and artistry—a powerful and compassionate account of what it’s like to be young, driven, and wildly creative. From the Hardcover edition.
David Kushner, 2003
2
Knee-Deep in the Dead
The first volume of a series based on the popular video game brings readers to the outer rims of moons Phobos and Deimos and describes the assault team's confrontations with monsters within the Phobos base. Original.
Dafydd ab Hugh, 1995
3
Doom
But they will soon come face-to-face with the hellish nightmares that the researchers' unorthodox experiments have unleashed on Olduvai -- a place where doom is waiting.
John Shirley, 2005
4
The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 6: Day of Doom
The Ultimate Sacrifice It started with a kidnapping.
David Baldacci, 2013
5
T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
"This is the story of one of the greatest adventures of twentieth-century science, told by the central figure. Walter Alvarez relates the still-evolving story with insight, clarity, and warmth.
Walter Alvarez, 2008
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Arctic Doom, Arctic Boom: The Geopolitics of Climate Change ...
An expert examination of the way climate change is transforming the Arctic environmentally, economically, and geopolitically, and how the challenges of that transformation should be met.
Barry Scott Zellen, 2009
7
Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
"Playing like a nifty episode of 'The Twilight Zone', the story builds to an affectingly gruesome finale...with its small-scale tech demands and four-person ensemble, Neighborhood seems a likely candidate for legit troupes hoping to benefit ...
Jennifer Haley, 2009
8
The Dragon of Doom
Life in the village of Pigbone is boring until an aspiring magician and his talking toad come to town and ask Edward to help them slay the Dragon of Doom.
Bruce Coville, 2003
9
Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom
Chapter book meets graphic novel in this first book in the series everyone will be talking about.
Eric Wight, 2010
10
Tricks of the Doom Programming Gurus
A reference book for the most popular utilities available also serves as a tutorial for creating a new world to play in DOOM and a comprehensive guide to creating DOOM WAD files featuring a sixteen-page color insert. Original. (All Users).
Steve Benner, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOOM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term doom is used in the context of the following news items.
1
I've Seen Our Doom and It Is The Bachelorette
We all know the phenomenon: the compelling draw of a train wreck, the knee-jerk crane past a car accident; the transfixed stares as fisticuffs ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Day of jitters doesn't spell doom for economy
□Bottom line: Current events are worrisome, can hurt some U.S. companies, but don't spell total doom and gloom for the American economy. «The Detroit News, Jul 15»
3
Professor of doom shamed: Dufuor Henchman's prophecy backfires
But, just as the Prophets of doom failed, Professor Kusi's prayer never came to pass and he has now had to recoil into his shell, pretending he'd ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
4
Breakdown of the District of Doom
It is called the Red Zone "District of Doom" for a reason. 16-5A is the toughest league in East Texas, and it might be the most competitive in the ... «KLTV, Jul 15»
5
DOOM Producer Compares Its Shooting Arenas To Skate Parks
A skate park is probably one of the last things you'd think of when trying to compare DOOM to something else entertaining, but that's exactly ... «We Got This Covered, Jul 15»
6
Column: One-sided concessions doom new Cuba policy
When President Barack Obama announced the formal re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba last week, he criticized the supposed ... «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»
7
Helstar, Oceans of Slumber Among Lineup At Bayou Doom Fest III
The Houston Doom Brigade is pleased to announce that this year's edition of the Bayou Doom Fest will be headlined by none other than ... «Metal Underground, Jul 15»
8
PBA: Lack of defense spelled doom for Rain or Shine, says Lee
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Rain or Shine was facing a 19-point deficit late in the third quarter of Game 4 of their Philippine Basketball ... «CNN, Jul 15»
9
Showers may spell doom for rickety houses in Jaisalmer's Sonar fort
JAISALMER: Showers usually bring joy in the desert state. But for over 4,000 people living in the Sonar Fort, even a light drizzle portends ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
10
'The gloves are off' when it comes to violence in DOOM
DOOM looks like some old-school fun in a lot of ways. A proper health bar, a ridiculous amount of weapons and enough violence to give an ... «Lazygamer, Jul 15»

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