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allot
English
Etymology
From Middle English allotten, from Old French aloter (Modern French allotir). à + lot.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??l?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??l?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophone: a lot
Verb
allot (third-person singular simple present allots, present participle allotting, simple past and past participle allotted)
- (transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
- (transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.
Related terms
- allotment
Translations
Anagrams
- all to, atoll
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?alloh(t)/
Verb
allot
- first-person plural imperative of ii
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doom
English
Etymology
From Middle English dome, dom, from Old English d?m (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *d?maz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?óh?mos. Compare West Frisian doem, Dutch doem, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish dom, Icelandic dómur. Doublet of duma. See also deem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du?m/
- Rhymes: -u?m
Noun
doom (countable and uncountable, plural dooms)
- Destiny, especially terrible.
- An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
- (countable, obsolete) A law.
- (countable, obsolete) A judgment or decision.
- (countable, obsolete) A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.
- 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People
- The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens.
- 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People
- Death.
- They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.
- (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
Antonyms
- (undesirable fate): fortune
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- deem
- -dom
Translations
Verb
doom (third-person singular simple present dooms, present participle dooming, simple past and past participle doomed)
- (transitive) To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.
- Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
- To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
- (obsolete) To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
- (obsolete) To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
- (archaic, US, New England) To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.
Translations
See also
- doomsday
- doomsaying
- damn
Anagrams
- Odom, mood
Wolof
Pronunciation
Noun
doom (definite form doom ji)
- child, offspring
- seed
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