The satellite is now in orbit.
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Orbit
//ˈɔː.bɪt//
Synonyms for "orbit" (277 found)
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Closest matches (56)
Strong matches (83)
circumambiencecircumambiencycircumambulationcircumferencecircumflexioncircumlocutioncircummigratecircummigrationcircumnavigatecircumnavigationcircumventcircusclose the circleclosed circlecolurescome full circlecompassconfineconstituencycorona
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coronetcoursecrowncycledeep-space shipdemesnedepartmentdescribe a circledeviancedeviancydeviationdeviousnessdiademdigressiondisciplinediscusdiskdistancedockingdocking maneuverdomaindominionearth insertioneclipticellipsoidencircleencompassequatorequinoctialequinoctial circleequinoctial colureequinoxeternal returnexcursionexcursusexpanseextensionextenteye socketfairy ringferry rocketfieldflankflight pathfootingfuel shipfull circlegalactic longitudegarlandgeocentric longitudegeodetic longitudegeoidgirdlegirdle the globeglobeglobeletgloboid
Verb(2 words)
Noun(4 words)
Related words (138)
globuleglomerulusglorygo aboutgo around in circlesgo roundgo the roundgobgobbetgreat circlegyregyringhaloheliocentric longitudehemisphereindirectioninjectioninsertionitineraryjudicial circuit
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jurisdictionknobknotlaplassolaunchlemlengthlinelmlogical circlelongitudelooploopletlunar excursion modulelunar modulemagic circlemake a circuitmanned rocketmarchmeanderingmeridianmodulemoon shipmultistage rocketnooseooblate spheroidorborbitingorbletpalepanoramaparking orbitpathpelletperigeeperihelionperiodprecinctprimrose pathprolate spheroidprovincepurviewradiusreachrealmreentryretro rocketrevolutionrevolveringroadrocketrollrondellerondureroundround triproundaboutnessroundelroundingroundsrouterunsaucersea laneshortcutshuttle rocketskirtsmall circlesoft landingsolstitial colurespace capsulespace dockingspace rocketspacecraftspaceshipsphere of influencespheroidspherulesphincterspiralspiralingstamping groundstretchsubdisciplinesurroundsweepterritorytourtracktrade routetrajecttrajectorytrajetturfturnturningvantagevernal equinoxvicious circlewalkwheelwheelingwidthwreathzodiaczone
Noun(5 words)
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6 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
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7 entriesmanner of
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Translations
173 translations across 81 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- wentelbaan noun (path of one object around another)
Albanian
2 entries- orbitë noun (path of one object around another)
- rrokull noun (path of one object around another)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- περίοδος noun (path of one object around another)
Arabic
2 entries- فَلَك noun (path of one object around another)
- مَدَار noun (path of one object around another)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܡܘܙܠܬܐ noun (path of one object around another)
Armenian
1 entries- ուղեծիր noun (path of one object around another)
Asturian
1 entries- órbita noun (path of one object around another)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- orbit noun (path of one object around another)
Bashkir
2 entries- даирә noun (sphere of influence)
- орбита noun (path of one object around another)
Belarusian
1 entries- арбі́та noun (path of one object around another)
Bengali
1 entries- কক্ষপথ noun (path of one object around another)
Breton
1 entries- kelc'h noun (path of one object around another)
Bulgarian
2 entries- орби́та noun (path of one object around another)
- сфера на влияние noun (sphere of influence)
Burmese
2 entries- ပတ်လမ်း noun (path of one object around another)
- လမ်း noun (path of one object around another)
Catalan
3 entries- òrbita noun (path of one object around another)
- orbitar verb (circle another object)
- posar en òrbita verb (place an object into an orbit)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 軌跡 /轨迹 noun (path of one object around another)
- 軌道 /轨道 noun (path of one object around another)
Cornish
2 entries- resegva noun (path of one object around another)
- resek a-dro verb (circle another object)
Czech
4 entries- oběžná dráha noun (path of one object around another)
- orbita noun (path of one object around another)
- obíhat verb (circle another object)
- vyslat na oběžnou dráhu verb (place an object into an orbit)
Danish
2 entries- kredsløb noun (path of one object around another)
- omløbsbane noun (path of one object around another)
Dutch
3 entries- baan noun (path of one object around another)
- omcirkelen verb (circle another object)
- omlopen verb (circle another object)
Esperanto
1 entries- orbito noun (path of one object around another)
Estonian
1 entries- orbiit noun (path of one object around another)
Finnish
4 entries- kiertorata noun (path of one object around another)
- rata noun (path of one object around another)
- reitti noun (area of activity)
- vaikutuspiiri noun (sphere of influence)
French
4 entries- orbite noun (path of one object around another)
- mettre en orbite verb (place an object into an orbit)
- orbiter autour de verb (circle another object)
- orbiter autour de verb (move around the general vicinity of)
Galician
3 entries- órbita noun (path of one object around another)
- órbita noun (sphere of influence)
- orbitar verb (circle another object)
Georgian
1 entries- ორბიტი noun (path of one object around another)
German
4 entries- Orbit noun (path of one object around another)
- Umlaufbahn noun (path of one object around another)
- in Umlaufbahn bringen verb (place an object into an orbit)
- umkreisen verb (circle another object)
Greek
1 entries- τροχιά noun (path of one object around another)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַסְלוּל noun (path of one object around another)
Hindi
4 entries- कक्षा noun (path of one object around another)
- कक्षा noun (sphere of influence)
- कार्यक्षेत्र noun (area of activity)
- गतिविधि क्षेत्र noun (area of activity)
Hungarian
4 entries- (szokásos/bejáratott) útvonal noun (area of activity)
- pálya noun (path of one object around another)
- űrpálya noun (path of one object around another)
- kering verb (circle another object)
Ido
1 entries- orbito noun (path of one object around another)
Irish
1 entries- fithisigh verb (circle another object)
Italian
1 entries- orbita noun (path of one object around another)
Japanese
3 entries- 軌道 noun (path of one object around another)
- 公転する verb (circle another object)
- 周回する verb (circle another object)
Kazakh
1 entries- орбита noun (path of one object around another)
Khmer
1 entries- គន្លង noun (path of one object around another)
Korean
1 entries- 궤도 noun (path of one object around another)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- орбита noun (path of one object around another)
Lao
1 entries- ວົງໂຄຈອນ noun (path of one object around another)
Latin
4 entries- ambitus noun (path of one object around another)
- circuitus noun (path of one object around another)
- gȳrus noun (path of one object around another)
- orbis noun (path of one object around another)
Latvian
1 entries- orbīta noun (path of one object around another)
Lithuanian
1 entries- orbita noun (path of one object around another)
Macedonian
1 entries- орбита noun (path of one object around another)
Malay
1 entries- orbit noun (path of one object around another)
Malayalam
3 entries- ഭ്രമണ പഥം noun (path of one object around another)
- ഭ്രമണപഥം noun (path of one object around another)
- ഭ്രമണം ചെയ്യുക verb (circle another object)
Marathi
3 entries- कक्षा noun (path of one object around another)
- कार्यक्षेत्र noun (area of activity)
- भ्रमणकक्षा noun (path of one object around another)
Māori
3 entries- amionga noun (path of one object around another)
- āmionga noun (path of one object around another)
- amio verb (circle another object)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bane noun (path of one object around another)
- omløpsbane noun (path of one object around another)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- bane noun (path of one object around another)
Occitan
1 entries- orbita noun (path of one object around another)
Old English
4 entries- ymbgang noun (path of one object around another)
- ymbhwyrft noun (path of one object around another)
- ymbhwyrft noun (sphere of influence)
- ymbhwyrft noun (area of activity)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مدار noun (path of one object around another)
Pashto
2 entries- مدار noun (path of one object around another)
- څرخول verb (circle another object)
Persian
3 entries- مدار noun (path of one object around another)
- دورادن verb (circle another object)
- دوریدن verb (place an object into an orbit)
Polish
3 entries- orbita noun (path of one object around another)
- krążyć verb (circle another object)
- orbitować verb (circle another object)
Portuguese
3 entries- círculo noun (path of one object around another)
- órbita noun (path of one object around another)
- orbitar verb (circle another object)
Romanian
1 entries- orbită noun (path of one object around another)
Russian
2 entries- орби́та noun (path of one object around another)
- орби́та noun (sphere of influence)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कक्षा noun (path of one object around another)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cearcall noun (path of one object around another)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- krúžnica noun (path of one object around another)
- òrbita noun (path of one object around another)
- кру́жница noun (path of one object around another)
- о̀рбита noun (path of one object around another)
Sindhi
1 entries- مَدارُ verb (circle another object)
Slovak
2 entries- obežná dráha noun (path of one object around another)
- orbita noun (path of one object around another)
Slovene
4 entries- krožnica noun (path of one object around another)
- orbita noun (path of one object around another)
- tir noun (path of one object around another)
- tirnica noun (path of one object around another)
Spanish
3 entries- órbita noun (path of one object around another)
- órbita noun (sphere of influence)
- orbitar verb (circle another object)
Swahili
1 entries- obiti noun (path of one object around another)
Swedish
1 entries- omloppsbana noun (path of one object around another)
Tagalog
1 entries- ligiran noun (path of one object around another)
Tajik
1 entries- мадор noun (path of one object around another)
Tamil
3 entries- சுற்று noun (path of one object around another)
- சுற்றுப்பாதை noun (path of one object around another)
- சுற்று verb (circle another object)
Telugu
3 entries- కక్ష్య noun (path of one object around another)
- కక్ష్య verb (circle another object)
- ప్రదక్షిణం verb (move around the general vicinity of)
Thai
1 entries- วงโคจร noun (path of one object around another)
Turkish
4 entries- uydu noun (sphere of influence)
- yörünge noun (path of one object around another)
- etki alanına girmek verb (move around the general vicinity of)
- yörüngede dönmek verb (circle another object)
Turkmen
1 entries- orbita noun (path of one object around another)
Ukrainian
2 entries- орбі́та noun (path of one object around another)
- оберта́тися verb (circle another object)
Urdu
1 entries- مدار noun (path of one object around another)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئوربىتا noun (path of one object around another)
Uzbek
2 entries- mehvar noun (path of one object around another)
- orbita noun (path of one object around another)
Vietnamese
1 entries- quỹ đạo noun (path of one object around another)
Welsh
4 entries- cylch dylanwad noun (sphere of influence)
- cylchlwybr noun (path of one object around another)
- orbit m cylchdro noun (path of one object around another)
- cylchdroi verb (circle another object)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
The satellite is in orbit around the moon.
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The spaceship is out of orbit around the moon.
Source: tatoeba (27024)
The rocket put a communications satellite into orbit.
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