endoftheworldとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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名詞

end of the world (plural ends of the world)

1. Death and destruction of life on Earth, especially human.
2. Destruction of Earth.
3. (idiomatic) Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating.

   You make it sound as though moving house is the end of the world.

4. Synonym of ends of the earth (faraway place)

同意語

• end times

上位語

• endangerment
• extinction

下位語

• doomsday
• judgement day
• Ragnarok
• TEOTWAWKI
• end of the world as we know it

派生語

• not the end of the world
• world ending
• world-ending
• world-endingly

参照

• “the end of the world”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “end of the world”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

形容詞

end-of-the-world (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the end of the world or the end times.
   • 1992, Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 1993, page 998:

     Intriguing (and extremely good-looking) end-of-the-world saga; not entirely successful but well worth a look.