day of reckoning meaning
UK US /deɪ ʌv ˈrɛkənɪŋ/ 5 syllables
day of reckoning (noun): (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives.
day of reckoning has 2 meanings in this dictionary.
day of reckoning as a noun
- (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
Synonyms: Judgment Day, Judgement Day, Day of Judgment, Day of Judgement, Doomsday, Last Judgment, Last Judgement, Last Day, eschaton, doomsday, crack of doom, end of the world
Type of: day
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
- everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it
- that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world
Synonyms: doom, doomsday, end of the world
Type of: destiny
day of reckoning in a sentence
- Muslims believe in the day of reckoning.
How to pronounce day of reckoning
day of reckoning is pronounced /deɪ ʌv ˈrɛkənɪŋ/ in American English. It has 5 syllables.
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