doom

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

doom [doom dooms doomed dooming] noun, verb BrE [duːm] NAmE [duːm]
noun uncountable
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).

Word Origin:
Old English dōm ‘statute, judgement’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘to put in place’; related to ↑do ¹.

Example Bank:
•Fuel shortages spelled the doom of such huge gas-guzzling cars.
•He sealed his own doom by having an affair with another woman.
•It's not all doom and gloom and there is lots to look forward to.
•Prepare to meet your doom.
•She had a sense of impending doom.
•The ordinary soldiers went to meet their doom with great bravery.
Idioms: ↑doom and gloom ▪ ↑doom merchant ▪ ↑gloom and doom ▪ ↑prophet of doom
 
verb usually passive ~ sb/sth (to sth) | ~ sb/sth to do sth
to make sb/sth certain to fail, suffer, die, etc
•The plan was doomed to failure.
•The marriage was doomed from the start.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English dōm ‘statute, judgement’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘to put in place’; related to ↑do ¹.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world, sentence, condemn, destine, fate, designate