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   abyss

   /əˈbɪs/

   noun

   • 1. a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm: "a rope led down into the dark abyss"
   • ▪ a wide or profound difference between people; a gulf: "the abyss between the two nations"
   • ▪ the regions of hell conceived of as a bottomless pit: "Satan's dark abyss"
   • ▪ a catastrophic situation seen as likely to occur: "teetering on the edge of the abyss of a total political wipeout"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘infernal pit’): via late Latin from Greek abussos ‘bottomless’, from a- ‘without’ + bussos ‘depth’.

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   What is a vast abyss?

   • a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm. the abyss of their grief and sorrow. the primal chaos before Creation. the infernal regions; hell. a subterranean ocean. Abyss. Abyssinia. Abyssinian. Such dark matter, a vast abyss, is evidence of a viral world we must come to understand better.

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   What does Abyss mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! ABYSS definition: 1. a very deep hole that seems to have no bottom 2. a difficult situation that brings trouble or…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean if someone is on the edge of an abyss?

   • An abyss is a very deep hole in the ground. If someone is on the edge or brink of an abyss, they are about to enter into a very frightening or threatening situation. He felt he was on the edge of an abyss; one false move and he was done for. The country was on the brink of an abyss.

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   Where did the word Abyss come from?

   • borrowed from Late Latin abyssus, borrowed from Greek ábyssos "bottomless, unfathomable, (as noun) bottomless gulf," from a- a- entry 2 + byssós "depth of the sea," probably going back to *byth-yos, derivative of bythós "depth, deepest part, bottom," probably of pre-Greek substratal origin 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2 “Abyss.”

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   • Traditional

     ABYSS translate: 洞, 深淵, 壞情況, 困境；險境；絕境. Learn more in the...

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     ABYSMAL definition: 1. very bad: 2. very deep: 3. very bad:...

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     ABYSS translate: otchłań, przepaść, otchłań, przepaść,...

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     ABYSS translate: der Abgrund, der Abgrund. Learn more in the...

   • Abyss: Russian Translation

     ABYSS translate: бездна , бездна. Learn more in the...

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   abyss: 1 n a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) Synonyms: abysm Type of: chasm a deep opening in the earth's surface

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