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How to pronounce “abyss”

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Pronunciation guide for abyss

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of abyss with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
How to Speak Up — Even When You Don’t Want Tomaking that momentous step into the abyss of a difficult conversation,
Definition summary
Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]

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How to pronounce abyss

How to Speak Up — Even When You Don’t Want To

making that momentous step into the abyss of a difficult conversation,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “abyss”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
  • (frequently figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. [First attested in the late 16th century.][1]
  • Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound. [First attested in the late 16th century.][1]
  • Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
  • (with article) An impending catastrophic happening.
  • (heraldry) The center of an escutcheon; fess point.
  • (oceanography) The abyssal zone.
  • (figurative) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

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