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abyss (noun)

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  • abyss — ► NOUN ▪ a very deep chasm. ORIGIN from Greek abussos bottomless …   English terms dictionary

  • abyss — noun (C) literary 1 a deep empty space, seen from a high point such as a mountain: The ocean floor drops away into a dark abyss. 2 a very dangerous or frightening situation: the abyss of a nuclear war 3 a great difference which separates two… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • abyss — noun a recurring nightmare in which he falls into an abyss Syn: chasm, gorge, ravine, canyon, fissure, rift, crevasse, hole, gulf, pit, cavity, void, bottomless pit …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • abyss — noun Etymology: Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus, from Greek abyssos, from abyssos, adjective, bottomless, from a + byssos depth; perhaps akin to Greek bathys deep Date: 14th century 1. the bottomless gulf, pit, or chaos of the old …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • abyss — noun /əˈbɪs/ a) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit. b) Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth …   Wiktionary

  • abyss — UK [əˈbɪs] / US noun [countable] Word forms abyss : singular abyss plural abysses 1) mainly journalism a very frightening or dangerous situation, or one in which there seems to be no hope The company was on the brink of a financial abyss. 2)… …   English dictionary

  • abyss — /əˈbɪs / (say uh bis) noun 1. a very deep chasm. 2. any deep, immeasurable space: *Suddenly the bottom of this abyss seemed to advance to meet him; or, rather the black throat of the chasm belched a volume of leaping, curling water, which mounted …  

  • abyss — [16] English borrowed abyss from late Latin abyssus, which in turn derived from Greek ábussos. This was an adjective meaning ‘bottomless’, from a ‘not’ and bussós ‘bottom’, a dialectal variant of buthós (which is related to bathys ‘deep’, the… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • abyss — [16] English borrowed abyss from late Latin abyssus, which in turn derived from Greek ábussos. This was an adjective meaning ‘bottomless’, from a ‘not’ and bussós ‘bottom’, a dialectal variant of buthós (which is related to bathys ‘deep’, the… …   Word origins

  • abyss — a|byss [ ə bıs ] noun count 1. ) MAINLY JOURNALISM a very frightening or dangerous situation, or one in which there seems to be no hope: The company was on the brink of a financial abyss. 2. ) LITERARY a large deep hole that appears to have no… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • abyss — [ə bɪs] noun 1》 a very deep chasm. 2》 (the abyss) a catastrophic situation seen as likely to occur. Origin ME: via late L. from Gk abussos bottomless , from a without + bussos depth …   English new terms dictionary

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