kingdom come
noun
Simple meaning
A future period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and/or great progress.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɪŋdəmkəm
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
uncountablecolloquial
The place that one will go to after one's death; the afterlife.
countableby extension
A future period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and/or great progress; a golden age that is approaching.
Christianityspecifically
Heaven or paradise.
The next world
figuratively
Death; also, a state of complete annihilation.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
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This meaning: The place that one will go to after one's death; the afterlife.
Used this way, kingdom come is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly unfavourable pull. It turns up most in everyday conversation and social media or informal writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Negative
- Formality
- Casual
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Serious and weighty
- Usage feel
- Casual and conversational
Where it naturally appears
- Everyday conversation
- Social media/informal writing
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