eclipse
verb/ɪˈklɪps/
/ɪˈklɪps/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they eclipse | /ɪˈklɪps/ /ɪˈklɪps/ |
| he / she / it eclipses | /ɪˈklɪpsɪz/ /ɪˈklɪpsɪz/ |
| past simple eclipsed | /ɪˈklɪpst/ /ɪˈklɪpst/ |
| past participle eclipsed | /ɪˈklɪpst/ /ɪˈklɪpst/ |
| -ing form eclipsing | /ɪˈklɪpsɪŋ/ /ɪˈklɪpsɪŋ/ |
- [often passive] eclipse something (of the moon or the earth) to cause an eclipse of the sun or the moon
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- eclipse somebody/something to make somebody/something seem neither exciting nor important by comparison synonym outshine, overshadow
- Though a talented player, he was completely eclipsed by his brother.
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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