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noun
- 1. complete disorder and confusion: "snow caused chaos in the region"
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1. a. : a state of utter confusion. the blackout caused chaos throughout the city. b. : a confused mass or mixture. a chaos of television antennas. 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.
a state of total confusion with no order: Snow and ice have caused chaos on the roads. Ever since our secretary walked out, the office has been in a state of total / utter chaos. We muddled up the name labels and chaos ensued (= resulted). Synonyms. anarchy. bedlam. commotion. confusion. disarray formal. disorder (CONFUSION) disorganization. havoc.
noun. a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order. Synonyms: tumult, turmoil, jumble, disarray. Antonyms: calm, peace, order. any confused, disorderly mass: a chaos of meaningless phrases. the infinity of space or formless matter supposed to have preceded the existence of the ordered universe.
Chaos is a state of extreme confusion and disorder. Putting a dozen dogs and a dozen cats in the same room would probably lead to utter chaos.
Chaos is a state of complete disorder and confusion. The world's first transatlantic balloon race ended in chaos last night. It is impossible to establish democracy amid economic chaos.
a state of total confusion with no order: Snow and ice have caused chaos on the roads. Ever since our secretary walked out, the office has been in a state of total / utter chaos. We muddled up the name labels and chaos ensued (= resulted). Synonyms. anarchy. bedlam. commotion. confusion. disarray formal. disorder (CONFUSION) disorganization. havoc.
Definition of chaos noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. chaos. noun. /ˈkeɪɒs/ /ˈkeɪɑːs/ [uncountable] a complete lack of order. economic/political/domestic chaos. Heavy snow has caused total chaos on the roads. in chaos The house was in chaos after the party. The country was thrown/plunged into chaos by the president's death.
n. 1. A condition or place of great disorder or confusion. 2. A disorderly mass; a jumble: The desk was a chaos of papers and unopened letters. 3. often Chaos The disordered state of unformed matter and infinite space supposed in some cosmogonic views to have existed before the ordered universe. 4. Chaos theory. 5.
CHAOS meaning: 1 : complete confusion and disorder a state in which behavior and events are not controlled by anything; 2 : the state of the universe before there was any order and before stars and planets were formed.
a situation where there is no order at all and everyone is confused: The country's at war and everything is in chaos. (Definition of chaos from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of chaos. in Chinese (Traditional) 混亂, 無秩序狀態… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 混乱, 无秩序状态… See more. in Spanish.
