"chasm" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæzəm/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-chasm.ogg [General-American] Forms: chasms [plural]
Rhymes: -æzəm Etymology: From Latin chasma, from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “abyss, cleft”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|chasma}} Latin chasma, {{der|en|grc|χάσμα||abyss, cleft}} Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “abyss, cleft”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chasm (plural chasms)
  1. (geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss. Categories (topical): Geology, Planetology Translations (gap): χάσμα (khásma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), فَجْوَة (fajwa) [feminine] (Arabic), пропаст (propast) [feminine] (Bulgarian), бездна (bezdna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), avenc [masculine] (Catalan), propast [feminine] (Czech), kloof [feminine] (Dutch), afgrond [masculine] (Dutch), kuilu (Finnish), rotko (Finnish), chasme [feminine] (French), crevasse [feminine] (French), fossé [masculine] (French), gouffre [masculine] (French), Abgrund [masculine] (German), Kluft [feminine] (German), Spalte [feminine] (German), χάσμα (chásma) [neuter] (Greek), gjá [feminine] (Icelandic), jurang (Indonesian), gáibéal [masculine] (Irish), anscoilt [feminine] (Irish), duibheagán [masculine] (Irish), voragine [feminine] (Italian), baratro [masculine] (Italian), abisso [masculine] (Italian), 渓壑 (keigaku) (alt: けいがく) (Japanese), jurang (Javanese), curah (Javanese), chasma [neuter] (Latin), barāthrum [neuter] (Latin), tawhā (Maori), دریڭلك (deriñlik) (Ottoman Turkish), Kjäajel [masculine] (Plautdietsch), abismo [masculine] (Portuguese), бе́здна (bézdna) [feminine] (Russian), про́пасть (própastʹ) [feminine] (Russian), рассе́лина (rassélina) [feminine] (Russian), расще́лина (rasščélina) [feminine] (Russian), पर्शान (parśāna) [masculine] (Sanskrit), provalija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), roklina [feminine] (Slovak), rokľa [feminine] (Slovak), prepadlisko [neuter] (Slovak), priepasť [feminine] (Slovak), garganta [feminine] (Spanish), cañón [masculine] (Spanish), barranco [masculine] (Spanish), barranca [feminine] (Spanish), sima [feminine] (Spanish), abismo [masculine] (Spanish), svalg [neuter] (Swedish), అగాధం (agādhaṁ) (Telugu), derin yarık (Turkish), kanyon (Turkish), uçurum (Turkish), прі́рва (prírva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), безо́дня (bezódnja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-chasm-en-noun-PgkmDtKi Topics: astronomy, geography, geology, natural-sciences, planetology Disambiguation of 'gap': 100 0
  2. (by extension) A large difference of opinion. Tags: broadly Categories (place): Landforms Translations (difference of opinion): فَجْوَة (fajwa) [feminine] (Arabic), rozkol [masculine] (Czech), nesoulad [masculine] (Czech), kloof [feminine] (Dutch), meningsverschil [neuter] (Dutch), kuilu (Finnish), fossé [masculine] (French), divergence [feminine] (French), Kluft [feminine] (German), χάσμα (chásma) [neuter] (Greek), ρήγμα (rígma) [neuter] (Greek), σχίσμα (schísma) [neuter] (Greek), διάσπαση (diáspasi) [feminine] (Greek), deighilt [feminine] (Irish), scaradh [masculine] (Irish), briseadh (idir beirt) [masculine] (Irish), divergenza [feminine] (Italian), divario [masculine] (Italian), abismo [masculine] (Portuguese), cisma [masculine] (Portuguese), разногла́сия (raznoglásija) [neuter, plural] (Russian), раско́л (raskól) [masculine] (Russian), disensión [feminine] (Spanish), klyfta (Swedish), schism (Swedish), అగాధం (agādhaṁ) (Telugu), uçurum (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-chasm-en-noun-OxpC7uHP Disambiguation of Landforms: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of 'difference of opinion': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chasma [obsolete] Derived forms: chasmal, chasmatical [rare], chasmic, chasmy Related terms: chasma (english: long, narrow, steep-sided depression on a body in the solar system)

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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fossé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "divergence"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kluft"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chásma",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "χάσμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "rígma",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ρήγμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "schísma",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σχίσμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diáspasi",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διάσπαση"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deighilt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scaradh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "briseadh (idir beirt)"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "divergenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "divario"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cisma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raznoglásija",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "разногла́сия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raskól",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "раско́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "disensión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "word": "klyfta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "word": "schism"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "agādhaṁ",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "word": "అగాధం"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "difference of opinion",
      "word": "uçurum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chasm"
}

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