🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

운명

Pronunciation / Transliteration: unmyeong

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Doom/duːm/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"마을 사람들의 운명은 폭풍에 의해 결정되었다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A fate or destiny, especially one that is disastrous or foreboding.

    "The villagers feared the doom that awaited them if the storm hit."
As verb
  1. 1

    To condemn to certain destruction or death.

    "The reckless actions of the crew doomed the ship to sink."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'doom' originates from the Old English 'dom', meaning 'judgment' or 'law', which is derived from Proto-Germanic '*domaz'. Over time, its meaning evolved to signify fate or destiny, often with a negative connotation, reflecting a sense of inevitable destruction or ruin.

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