doom

Pronunciation

• IPA: duːm

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Noun

Singular doom

Plural dooms

1. (uncountable) Doom is death, destruction, or tragedy. <> ƙaddara [1].
2. (countable) Someone's doom is their tragic or horrible ending, such as their death.
   1. The hiker fell to his doom after he lost his grip.
   2. (Psalm 10:17) When he urged Lot and his family to leave the doomed city of Sodom, Lot “kept lingering.” <> (Zabura 10:17) Lokacin da ya aririci Lot da iyalinsa su bar birnin Sodom da ke fuskantar halaka, Lot ya “yi nauwa.” [2]
   3. 5 A sensible person generally refrains from embarking on an endeavor that is doomed to fail. <> 5 Mutum mai hankali ba zai soma yin abin da ba zai yi nasara ba. [3]

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) doom

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) dooms

Past tense (ya wuce) doomed

Past participle (ya wuce) doomed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) dooming

1. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn.

   a criminal doomed to death

2. To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of. <> wanzuwa.