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Meaning of chaos | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ˈkeɪ.ɒs

Definitions

  1. In Greek mythology, the primordial state of disorder that exists before the creation of the world, or the first being or deity to exist.
    Greek
  2. Initialism of congenital high airway obstruction syndrome.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  3. The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
    uncountable, usually
  4. A system, such as the weather, that develops from a set of often simple initial conditions but behaves very differently if the initial conditions are changed even slightly. Chaotic systems often appear random and unpredictable, but in fact have regular patterns that are repeated at any scale of observation. See more at fractal.
  5. mayhem, havoc, turmoil, pandemonium, bedlam
  6. A planetoid and cubewano orbiting in the Kuiper belt.
  7. Initialism of can't have anyone over syndrome.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang, uncountable
  8. Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
    uncountable, usually
  9. A lack of order or regular arrangement:clutter, confusedness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, jumble, mess, mix-up, muddle, muss, scramble, topsy-turviness, tumble.
  10. mess, shambles, disarray
  11. In the Warhammer franchise, a demonic antagonist that sends demons, monsters, warriors, and beasts to wage war on the games' setting.
  12. A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.
    uncountable, usually
  13. complete disorder or confusion. The place was in utter chaos after the burglary. chaos خَواء، فَوْضى، خَراب хаос caos chaos das Chaos virvar; kaos χάοςcaos kaos به هم ریختگی؛ آشفتگی kaaos chaos תוֹהוּ וָבוֹהוּ अव्यवस्था kaos káosz kekacauan kaós, óreiða caos 混沌 혼돈 chaosas, netvarka haoss huru-hara chaoskaoschaos ګډوډى، بشپړه بې نظمى caos haos хаос chaos zmešnjava haos kaos ความยุ่งเหยิง kaos, kargaşa 混亂 хаос, безладдя افراتفری ، فساد sự hỗn loạn 混乱
  14. One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law.
    uncountable, usually
  15. chaoties مُشَوَّش، فَوْضى، خَراب хаотичен caótico chaotický chaotisch kaotisk χαώδηςcaótico kaootiline آشفته؛ پر هرج و مرج kaoottinen chaotiqueמבולגן अव्यवस्थित kaotičan, zbrkan zűrzavaros kacau óskipulegur caotico 混沌とした 혼돈된 chaotiškas haotisks kehuru-haraan chaotischkaotiskchaotyczny ګدودی caótico haotic хаотичный chaotický kaotičen haotičan kaotisk ที่ยุ่งเหยิง karmakarışık, altüst 混亂的 хаотичний بد نظم ، بے ترتیب thuộc hỗn loạn 混乱的
  16. A vast chasm or abyss.
    obsolete, uncountable, usually
  17. chaoties بِفَوْضى كامِلَه хаотично caoticamente chaoticky chaotisch kaotiskt χαοτικά caóticamente kaootiliselt بطور آشفته kaoottisesti chaotiquement בְּעִרבּוּבִיָה अव्यवस्थित ढंग से kaotičan, zbrkan fejetlenül berantakan óskipulega in modo caotico 混沌として 혼돈스럽게 chaotiškai haotiski dengan huru-hara chaotischkaotisk chaotycznie د ګدودی caoticamente (în mod) haotic хаотично chaoticky zmedeno haotično kaotiskt อย่างยุ่งเหยิง karmakarışık olarak 混亂地 хаотично بد نظمی سے một cách hỗn loạn 混乱地
  18. A given medium; a space in which something exists or lives; an environment.
    obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually
  19. caos, desorden.
  20. A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.
  21. A disorderly mass; a jumble: The desk was a chaos of papers and unopened letters.
  22. often Chaos The disordered state of unformed matter and infinite space supposed in some cosmogonic views to have existed before the ordered universe.
  23. Chaos theory.

Equivalents

العربية الفوضى فوضى
Беларуская хао́с
Bosanski haos kaos хаос
Català caos
Čeština chaos
Dansk kaos
Ελληνικά χάος
Esperanto ĥaoso kaoso
Español caos
Eesti kaos
فارسی آشوب
Français chaos
Gaeilge anord
Galego caos
हिन्दी अव्यवस्था
Hrvatski haos kaos хаос
Magyar káosz
Հայերեն քաոս
Bahasa Indonesia kekacauan prahara
Íslenska ringulreið
Italiano caos
日本語 カオス 混乱 混沌 無秩序
ქართული ქაოსი
ខ្មែរ សង្ករ
한국어 카오스 혼돈
Kurdî kaos
Македонски безредие хаос
Nederlands baaierd chaos wanorde
Polski chaos
Português caos
Română haos harababură
Српски haos kaos хаос
Svenska kaos
Tagalog kaguluhan
Українська хаос
Tiếng Việt hỗn loạn

Examples

“to descend into chaos”
“After the earthquake, the local hospital was in chaos”
“or out of these chaoses order may be made, out of this ferment a clear wine of life. There are chaoses that have gone too far for retrieval”
“What is in the centre of the earth, or is it pure element only, as Ariſtotle decrees inhabited as Paracelſus thinks with creatures, whoſe Chaos is the earth with Fairies, as the woods and waters according to him, are with Nymphes or as the ayre with ſpirits.”
“Chaos warrior, Chaos daemon”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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