eclipse
noun/ɪˈklɪps/
/ɪˈklɪps/
- [countable] an occasion when the moon passes between the earth and the sun so that you cannot see all or part of the sun for a time; an occasion when the earth passes between the moon and the sun so that you cannot see all or part of the moon for a time
- an eclipse of the sun/moon
- a total/partial eclipse
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lunar
- solar
- partial
- …
- an eclipse of the moon
- an eclipse of the sun
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- [singular, uncountable] a loss of importance, power, etc. especially because somebody/something else has become more important, powerful, etc.
- The election result marked the eclipse of the right wing.
- in eclipse Her work was in eclipse for most of the 20th century.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French e(s)clipse (noun), eclipser (verb), via Latin from Greek ekleipsis, from ekleipein ‘fail to appear, be eclipsed’, from ek ‘out’ + leipein ‘to leave’.
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