/ duːm; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
[ U ] death or destruction; any terrible event that you cannot avoid :
to meet your doom
She had a sense of impending doom (= felt that sth very bad was going to happen) .
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IDIOMS
- doom and gloom | gloom and doom
- prophet of doom | doom merchant
■ verb
[ vn ] [ usually passive ] doom sb/sth (to sth) to make sb/sth certain to fail, suffer, die, etc. :
The plan was doomed to failure .
The marriage was doomed from the start .
[also vn to inf ]
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English dōm statute, judgement , of Germanic origin, from a base meaning to put in place; related to do (I).