Chaos
/ˈkeɪɒs/
nounBeginnerVery CommonGeneral
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1
A state of complete disorder and confusion.
/ˈkeɪɒs/
nounnegativeBeginner
General
The classroom was in utter chaos after the fire alarm.
💡 Simply: Chaos is like a messy room, but everything is mixed up and confusing, like a really wild party that got out of hand!
👶 For kids: A big mess!
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2
The sudden news caused chaos in the stock market.
How It's Used
General
"The party descended into chaos."
Physics
"The experiment resulted in unpredictable chaos."
Idioms & expressions
reign of chaos
A period of widespread disorder and lawlessness.
"The country was plunged into a reign of chaos after the coup."
From Ancient Greek χάος (kháos), meaning 'yawning emptiness, void'. It entered English in the 16th century.
Originally referred to the primordial void in ancient cosmology. Later adopted to describe social and political disorder.
Memory tip
Imagine a messy room – that's chaos!
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