Chasm
noun
A deep, gaping hole in the ground or in the earth surface.
He almost fell into a deep chasm.
Often appears as...
- deep chasm
- wide chasm
noun
A big difference of opinion, interests or loyalty between people, making it hard for them to agree.
There's a widening chasm between the rich and the poor.
Often appears as...
- social chasm
- economic chasm
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Disapproving
noun
A deep, gaping hole in the ground or in the earth surface.
He almost fell into a deep chasm.
Often appears as...
- deep chasm
- wide chasm
noun
A big difference of opinion, interests or loyalty between people, making it hard for them to agree.
There's a widening chasm between the rich and the poor.
Often appears as...
- social chasm
- economic chasm
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Landscape
Often used to describe dramatic natural land features.
The mountain trek included crossing a precarious chasm.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Use
Can also symbolize emotional or philosophical separation in literature or discussions.
Their disagreement created a chasm in their friendship.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
Suggests a very large and often intimidating or insurmountable gap.
The chasm below was a dark void, intimidating the hikers.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Landscape
Often used to describe dramatic natural land features.
The mountain trek included crossing a precarious chasm.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Use
Can also symbolize emotional or philosophical separation in literature or discussions.
Their disagreement created a chasm in their friendship.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
Suggests a very large and often intimidating or insurmountable gap.
The chasm below was a dark void, intimidating the hikers.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Landscape
Often used to describe dramatic natural land features.
The mountain trek included crossing a precarious chasm.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Use
Can also symbolize emotional or philosophical separation in literature or discussions.
Their disagreement created a chasm in their friendship.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
Suggests a very large and often intimidating or insurmountable gap.
The chasm below was a dark void, intimidating the hikers.
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Conrad Wolfram: Teaching...
Yet math is more important to the world than at any point in human history. So at one end we've got falling interest in education in math, and at the other end we've got a more mathematical world, a more quantitative world than we ever have had. So what's the problem, why has this chasm opened up,
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Welcome to Earth PIPE...
inches of plastic we down here y'all we're down here we've never seen a world like this a climber repels in a cave you gotta be kidding me a turtle crawls on sand that's beautiful wow anything dangling just you a helmeted man crosses a chasm by a rope i'm not going to need to do that two
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How to create cleaner...
so there's an added bonus. A third technique exposes coal to pure oxygen, instead of burning it in air. This creates exhaust gas with higher concentrations of carbon dioxide, which makes it easy to isolate and to banish to the chasms below.
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Rufus Griscom and Alisa...
of marital satisfaction, which is closely aligned, we all know, with broader happiness, that doesn't rise again until your first child goes to college. So I'm sitting here looking at the next two decades of my life, this chasm of happiness
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Can VR help create...
woman doing she sees the world just like we do there is a floor that she feels she walks around she hears sounds she feels virtual touch but in her version of the world there's a chasm it's ten meters deep and we put a very rickety
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Science Fiction Inspires...
than ever before tomorrow more than today the science fiction writer can leap across chasms where no evidence has yet filled in matters as sci-fi's imaginings become reality they will again inspire real world
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How to connect with...
to enjoying life. I live pretty well with my bipolar condition, and I've overcome some other mental health conditions like overeating, addiction and social anxiety. So I live on both sides of this chasm.
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Earthquakes 101 PIPE...
still but every mountain range and every chasm on its face is a scar with many telling a story of when the earth rumbled to life earthquakes occur around the world they've been recorded on all
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Mysterious Islands in...
down to the bottom well I'm in this several hundred foot deep chasm after trying rappel for me this is what I
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Beautiful Desert Canyons...
your feet it's a chasm created by water you can go down there to take a closer look
Video examples
Conrad Wolfram: Teaching...
Yet math is more important to the world than at any point in human history. So at one end we've got falling interest in education in math, and at the other end we've got a more mathematical world, a more quantitative world than we ever have had. So what's the problem, why has this chasm opened up,
Video examples
Welcome to Earth PIPE...
inches of plastic we down here y'all we're down here we've never seen a world like this a climber repels in a cave you gotta be kidding me a turtle crawls on sand that's beautiful wow anything dangling just you a helmeted man crosses a chasm by a rope i'm not going to need to do that two
Video examples
How to create cleaner...
so there's an added bonus. A third technique exposes coal to pure oxygen, instead of burning it in air. This creates exhaust gas with higher concentrations of carbon dioxide, which makes it easy to isolate and to banish to the chasms below.
Video examples
Rufus Griscom and Alisa...
of marital satisfaction, which is closely aligned, we all know, with broader happiness, that doesn't rise again until your first child goes to college. So I'm sitting here looking at the next two decades of my life, this chasm of happiness
Video examples
Can VR help create...
woman doing she sees the world just like we do there is a floor that she feels she walks around she hears sounds she feels virtual touch but in her version of the world there's a chasm it's ten meters deep and we put a very rickety
Video examples
Science Fiction Inspires...
than ever before tomorrow more than today the science fiction writer can leap across chasms where no evidence has yet filled in matters as sci-fi's imaginings become reality they will again inspire real world
Video examples
How to connect with...
to enjoying life. I live pretty well with my bipolar condition, and I've overcome some other mental health conditions like overeating, addiction and social anxiety. So I live on both sides of this chasm.
Video examples
Earthquakes 101 PIPE...
still but every mountain range and every chasm on its face is a scar with many telling a story of when the earth rumbled to life earthquakes occur around the world they've been recorded on all
Video examples
Mysterious Islands in...
down to the bottom well I'm in this several hundred foot deep chasm after trying rappel for me this is what I
Video examples
Beautiful Desert Canyons...
your feet it's a chasm created by water you can go down there to take a closer look
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
We need to understand that we are not each others' enemies in this country. And it is only the political class that derives its power by creating friction. It is only the media that derives its importance by creating friction... that uses every little thing to create this chasm between people. This is not who we are.
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Jesse Kellerman
American Novelist
Science, literature, and common sense tell us that the self is a fickle thing, subject to revision in real time, and that the chasm that exists between any two people exists inside each and every one of us.
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Grant Shapps
British Politician
There is a dangerous chasm between what those seeking election claim they could do in office and the stark reality that once in power the real decision-making has long since been sub-contracted elsewhere.
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Martin O'Malley
American Politician
I was motivated to go into public life because of the great chasm that exists between justice and injustice in our country. Nowhere is that divide greater than in America's cities.
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bell hooks
American Critic
I don't think you can hate anything that you know intimately. There is no fine line separating love from hate because there's a deep chasm separating love from hate.
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Johnny Cash
American Singer
How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.
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Karl Liebknecht
German Politician
Long live the liberation of the workers off all countries from the infernal chasm of war, exploitation and slavery!
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David Lloyd George
Welsh Statesman
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
American Novelist
Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Scientist
Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
We need to understand that we are not each others' enemies in this country. And it is only the political class that derives its power by creating friction. It is only the media that derives its importance by creating friction... that uses every little thing to create this chasm between people. This is not who we are.
Quote examples
Jesse Kellerman
American Novelist
Science, literature, and common sense tell us that the self is a fickle thing, subject to revision in real time, and that the chasm that exists between any two people exists inside each and every one of us.
Quote examples
Grant Shapps
British Politician
There is a dangerous chasm between what those seeking election claim they could do in office and the stark reality that once in power the real decision-making has long since been sub-contracted elsewhere.
Quote examples
Martin O'Malley
American Politician
I was motivated to go into public life because of the great chasm that exists between justice and injustice in our country. Nowhere is that divide greater than in America's cities.
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bell hooks
American Critic
I don't think you can hate anything that you know intimately. There is no fine line separating love from hate because there's a deep chasm separating love from hate.
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Johnny Cash
American Singer
How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.
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Karl Liebknecht
German Politician
Long live the liberation of the workers off all countries from the infernal chasm of war, exploitation and slavery!
Quote examples
David Lloyd George
Welsh Statesman
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
American Novelist
Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.
Quote examples
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Scientist
Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms.
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