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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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DOOMSDAY definition: 1. the end of the world, or a time when something very bad will happen: 2. the end of the world…. Learn more.
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.
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.
Doomsday means utter catastrophe, in both religious and secular contexts. Many faiths believe in a literal doomsday, when life as we know it will come to an end. For centuries people have attempted to predict when this will occur, with the most recent guesses including 2011, 2012, and 2021.
Definition of doomsday noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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 definition: An anticipated or feared catastrophic event, especially one on a global scale.
doomsday (noun) doomsday / ˈ duːmzˌdeɪ/ noun. Britannica Dictionary definition of DOOMSDAY. [singular] : 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.
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.
