1 [C,U] a curved path followed by a planet or an object as it moves around another planet, star, moon, etc:
the earth's orbit around the sun * a space station in orbit round the moon * A new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth.
2 [sing.] an area that a particular person, organization, etc. deals with or is able to influence:
to come / fall / be within sb's orbit
verb ~ (around sth) to move in an orbit (= a curved path) around a much larger object, especially a planet, star, etc: [VN] The earth takes a year to orbit the sun. [also V]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is orbit a noun, verb, or something else?
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