english
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noun
path:
The orbit of the earth takes one year.
verb
circles:
The earth orbits the sun.
Simple Definitions
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see IN ORBIT.
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): orbit (around) someone or something
to circle around something in an orbit. • The flies orbited around Fred and his ice-cream cone. • Many satellites orbit around our planet.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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noun ADJ. circular, elliptical | eccentric Mercury's orbit is fairly eccentric. | stable | planetary VERB + ORBIT enter, go into | put/send sth into | complete, make The spaceship made an orbit of the moon. PREP. in ~ The satellite will remain in orbit for several years. | ~ around/round the moon's orbit around the earth
Oxford Collocations Dictionary