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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ka•tab•a•sis (kə tab′ə sis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses (-sēz′).USA pronunciation - Ancient Historya march from the interior of a country to the coast, as that of the 10,000 Greeks after their defeat and the death of Cyrus the Younger at Cunaxa.
- Ancient Historya retreat, esp. a military retreat. Cf. anabasis.
- Greek katábasis a going down, descent, equivalent. to kataba- (stem of katabaínein to go down) + -sis -sis. See kata-, basis
- 1830–40
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