English abbreviation dictionary - chaos
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~ n 1 a situation in which everything is happening in a confused way and nothing is organized or arranged in order (complete/utter/absolute chaos) (There was absolute chaos when the air controllers came out on strike. | in chaos (=in a state of chaos)) (I arrived home to find the house in chaos.) 2 the state of the universe before there was any order ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Chaos is a state of complete disorder and confusion. The world’s first transatlantic balloon race ended in chaos last night... N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek — more at gum Date: 15th century 1. obsolete chasm, abyss 2. a. often capitalized a state of things in which chance is supreme; especially the confused unorganized state of primordial matter before the creation of distinct forms — compare cosmos b. the inherent unpredictability in the behavior of a complex natural system (as the atmosphere, boiling water, or the beating heart) 3. a. a state of utter confusion the blackout caused ~ throughout the city b. a confused mass or mixture a ~ of television antennas • chaotic adjective • chaotically adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 utter confusion. 2 the formless matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the universe. Derivatives chaotic adj. chaotically adv. Etymology: F or L f. Gk khaos: - otic after erotic etc. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. хаос; полный беспорядок 2. (C.) миф. первозданный хаос to rise out of chaos —- возникнуть из хаоса 3. библ. пропасть ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 14c., from L. chaos, from Gk. khaos "abyss, formless matter," from PIE base *gheu-, *ghei- "to gape." Meaning "utter confusion" is first attested 1606. Chaotic is from 1713. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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