different between devote vs doom

English

Etymology

From Latin d?v?tus, past participle of Latin d?vove? (“dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemnly”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /d??vo?t/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??v??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Verb

devote (third-person singular simple present devotes, present participle devoting, simple past and past participle devoted)

1. to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter
   • 1678, Obadiah Grew, Meditations Upon Our Saviour's Parable of The Prodigal Son

     He is the Chief of this far Countrey; and to his service, carnal and wicked men devote themselves.

   • 1879, Asa Gray, Botanical Text-book

     a leafless and simple branch […] devoted to the purpose of climbing

2. to consign over; to doom

3. to execrate; to curse

Usage notes

• Often used in the past participle form, which has become an adjective. See devoted.

Derived terms

• devotion

Related terms

• devotee

Translations

Adjective

devote (comparative more devote, superlative most devote)

1. (obsolete) devoted; addicted; devout

Anagrams

• vetoed

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

devote

1. Inflected form of devoot

German

Adjective

devote

1. inflection of devot:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

devote

1. feminine plural of devoto

Noun

devote f

1. plural of devota

Anagrams

• dovete

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /de??u?o?.te/, [d?e??u?o?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de?vo.te/, [d???v??t??]

Participle

d?v?te

1. vocative masculine singular of d?v?tus

References

• devote in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• devote in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

devote

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of devotar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of devotar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of devotar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of devotar

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)

1. Destiny, especially terrible.
2. An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
3. A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
4. (countable, obsolete) A law.
5. (countable, obsolete) A judgment or decision.
6. (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.
7. Death.

   They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.
8. (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)

1. (transitive) To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.

   • Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
2. To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
3. (obsolete) To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
4. (obsolete) To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
5. (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)

1. child, offspring
2. seed