foredoom

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ doom. Compare foredeem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːduːm/ (noun), IPA^(key): /fɔːˈduːm/ (verb)

Noun

foredoom (uncountable)

1. A doom that is predicted; destiny.

Hypernyms

• doom

Translations

A doom that is predicted

• Bulgarian: орис (bg) f (oris)
• Dutch: noodlot (nl), fataliteit (nl)
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• French: destin (fr) m, fatalité (fr) f

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To predestine to a doom.
   • Dryden

     Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state.

   • 1922, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Chessmen of Mars‎^[1], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2010:

     To search for Tara of Helium in the vast, dim labyrinth of the pits of O-Tar seemed to the Gatholian a hopeless quest, foredoomed to failure.

   • 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, The Folio Society, published 2010, page 35:

     They appeared, upon the surface, to possess all the qualities which were likely to recommend them to the fashionable society of the day; but their mission was foredoomed to failure.

Related terms

• foredeem

Translations

To predestine a doom

• Bulgarian: обричам (bg) (obričam)
• Dutch: op voorhand veroordelen
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• French: condamner à l’avance