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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•poc•a•lypse /əˈpɑkəlɪps/USA pronunciation n. - [proper noun: the Apocalypse] a prophecy about a final struggle in which the forces of good triumph over the forces of evil.
- [countable] any great disaster.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•poc•a•lypse (ə pok′ə lips),USA pronunciation n. - Bible(cap.) revelation (def. 4).
- Bible, Judaismany of a class of Jewish or Christian writings that appeared from about 200 b.c. to a.d. 350 and were assumed to make revelations of the ultimate divine purpose.
- a prophetic revelation, esp. concerning a cataclysm in which the forces of good permanently triumph over the forces of evil.
- any revelation or prophecy.
- any universal or widespread destruction or disaster:the apocalypse of nuclear war.
- Greek apokálypsis revelation, equivalent. to apokalýp(tein) to uncover, reveal (apo- apo- + kalýptein to cover, conceal) + -sis -sis
- Late Latin apocalypsis
- Middle English 1125–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: apocalypse /əˈpɒkəlɪps/ n - a prophetic disclosure or revelation
- an event of great importance, violence, etc, like the events described in the Apocalypse
Etymology: 13th Century: from Late Latin apocalypsis, from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein to disclose, from apo- + kaluptein to hide Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Apocalypse /əˈpɒkəlɪps/ n - (in the Vulgate and Douay versions of the Bible) the Book of Revelation
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