Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - doom
Doom
doom
n. & v. --n. 1 a a grim fate or destiny. b death or ruin. 2 a a condemnation; a judgement or sentence. b the Last Judgement (the crack of doom). 3 hist. a statute, law, or decree. --v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by to) condemn or destine (a city doomed to destruction). 2 (esp. as doomed adj.) consign to misfortune or destruction. Etymology: OE dom statute, judgement f. Gmc: rel. to DO(1) DOOMSDAY n. the day of the Last Judgement. Phrases and idioms till doomsday for ever (cf. DOMESDAY). Etymology: OE domes d{aelig}g: see DOOM
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dōm; akin to Old High German tuom condition, state, Old English dōn to do Date: before 12th century a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England, 2. judgment, decision, b. judgment 3a, judgment day 1, 3. destiny, death, ruin, see: fate II. transitive verb Date: 15th century to give judgment against ; condemn, 2. to fix the fate of ; destine , to make certain the failure or destruction of ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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