different between foredoom vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From fore- +? doom. Compare foredeem.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??du?m/ (noun), IPA^(key): /f???du?m/ (verb)

Noun

foredoom (uncountable)

1. A doom that is predicted; destiny.

Hypernyms

• doom

Translations

Verb

foredoom (third-person singular simple present foredooms, present participle foredooming, simple past and past participle foredoomed)

1. (transitive) To predestine to a doom.

   • Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state.

Related terms

• foredeem

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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