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# doomsday

«doomsday» in Mova's school dictionary: **the end of the world, or a day of terrible disaster** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (doomsday, Doomsday — usually uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Doomsday is the end of the world, or a day of terrible disaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doomsday/#m1)

2) (Bible, church) Doomsday is an old name for the Day of Judgement, when Christians believe God will judge all people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doomsday/#m2)

3) (history) The Domesday Book (1086) was William the Conqueror's survey of England; the name is linked to «doomsday». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doomsday/#m3)

4) Till doomsday means for an extremely long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doomsday/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In films, stories and news it tells the reader of fear of a huge disaster. In history lessons the Domesday Book shows how the Normans counted land and animals. Phrases: doomsday scenario, doomsday clock, until doomsday, doomsday warnings.

### examples

- The film was about a comet heading for Earth on doomsday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doomsday/#x1)
- You could wait till doomsday and he still wouldn't say sorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doomsday/#x2)
- Christians believe in a day of judgement, once called Doomsday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doomsday/#x3)
- The Domesday Book listed pigs, cows and mills in every village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doomsday/#x4)
- The news gave a doomsday warning about the storm, but it was only windy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doomsday/#x5)
- The doomsday clock is a symbol of how close the world might be to disaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doomsday/#x6)
- ‘I am an evil spirit,’ said the voice, ‘shut up here till Doomsday, unless a man sets me free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doomsday/#x7)

### note

Spelling: doomsday (end of world) vs Domesday Book (history), said the same. Many doomsday predictions have been made and none came true — a good example to check claims. Not a real date.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «doomsday» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doomsday/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.