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- Dictionarydoomsday/ˈduːmzdeɪ/
noun
- 1. the last day of the world's existence: "Bede believed that the time of doomsday is concealed from mankind"
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the end of the world, or a time when something very bad will happen: doomsday scenario Ecologists predict a doomsday scenario (= a time when death and destruction will happen) if global warming continues to increase at the present rate. until doomsday You could talk until doomsday (= for a very long time), but they will never change their minds.
The meaning of DOOMSDAY is a day of final judgment. How to use doomsday in a sentence.
DOOMSDAY meaning: 1. the end of the world, or a time when something very bad will happen: 2. the end of the world…. Learn more.
given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity; especially concerned with or predicting future universal destruction: the doomsday issue of all-out nuclear war. capable of causing widespread or total destruction: doomsday weapons. / ˈduːmzˌdeɪ / noun. sometimes capital the day on which the Last Judgment will occur.
1. (Theology) ( sometimes capital) the day on which the Last Judgment will occur. 2. any day of reckoning. 3. ( modifier) characterized by predictions of disaster: doomsday scenario. [Old English dōmes dæg Judgment Day; related to Old Norse domsdagr]
Doomsday is a day or time when you expect something terrible or unpleasant is going to happen. ...the doomsday scenario of civil war between the two factions. In the Christian religion, Doomsday is the last day of the world, on which God will judge everyone. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity; especially concerned with or predicting future universal destruction: the doomsday issue of all-out nuclear war. capable of causing widespread or total destruction: doomsday weapons. / ˈduːmzˌdeɪ / noun. sometimes capital the day on which the Last Judgment will occur.
In many religions, doomsday is the end of the world and the moment of final judgment. In your everyday life, doomsday might be the date of the final exam in your math class. Doomsday means utter catastrophe, in both religious and secular contexts.
: the day the world ends or is destroyed. a warning that doomsday is near. doomsday predictions. The book explores a doomsday scenario in which an asteroid hits the Earth. [+] more examples. DOOMSDAY meaning: the day the world ends or is destroyed.
Definition of doomsday noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
