to loom
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5.1
- verb
- /lum/
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- The dark clouds began to loom ominously on the horizon, signaling an approaching storm.
- loom large
- loom on the horizon
- a looming threat
How should we treat the AI machines that loom in our near future?
- How should we treat the AI machines that loom in our near future?
- How will we solve the looming question of energy storage?
- But there was an even bigger question looming in the background.
- Even as we did that financial failure, it loomed over us for years.
- So we've got Taiwan looming in the the sort of political background.
- All of a sudden, things that seemed incredibly important loom less so.
- So already signs of looming misbehaviour.
- First of all, that identity or whatever it is that's looming out there is just a story.
- So it's nice to not have that next big event looming over my head anymore.
- And they'd be woken up by this dark figure looming over them, shining a torch in their face.
- And of course, confounding new challenges continue to mount, such as the looming threat of climate change.
- The project's about generating bold ideas on how to solve California's looming challenges.
- This launch from Intel may be a bold response to the looming threat that is AM DS Rise and Release.
- I mean, look, death is always looming.
Examples
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The Foreign Secretary will be live in the studio to talk about the looming crisis in Muribundi.
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So it's nice to not have that next big event looming over my head anymore.
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How should we treat the AI machines that loom in our near future?
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So this valley of death looms very, very large.
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But there was an even bigger question looming in the background.
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Even as we did that financial failure, it loomed over us for years.
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War looms in Central Africa.
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And now she had the threat of a jail sentence looming in her immediate future.
Fiction book (1991) -
Only a few years ago, nuclear war loomed as the major threat to modern civilization.
Academic text (1991) -
Obama, Trump and Biden have all failed to address this looming ecological threat.
Synonyms
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4.6
To be much taller than nearby things and look more important
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5.3
To be present in a way that causes worry or fear
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7.4
To appear very large and loom over other things
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7.3
To seem very important or threatening and affect people's thoughts
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7.0
To hang over a situation and make it feel dark or threatening
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7.0
To stand out and draw attention in a place
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A hand frame for weaving tapestry with the long threads set horizontally
- Specialized
A hand tool for weaving where the threads hang up and down to make pictures or designs on cloth
How Threatening
Surface Forms
Etymology
The other verb loom meaning 'to appear' probably comes from an old idea of 'rising up' or 'towering', so when something looms it seems to rise before you and look large or threatening.