orbit
/ˈɔɹ.bɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete."
- "In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union."
- "The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit, as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there."
- "Bondi has been inside Trump’s orbit for some time, and is widely seen to have demonstrated her loyalty to Trump during his first term, when she helped with his impeachment defense, and more recently when she repeatedly attended Trump’s criminal trial in New York."
- "So, it is clear from the consultation that while the intention is to bring track and train together under GBR, it will not escape the orbit of the government."
- "All right, I'll play one more orbit but then I'm leaving!"
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English orbite, orbita, from Latin orbita (“course, track, impression, mark”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɔɹ.bɪt/
- British English: /ˈɔː.bɪt/