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How to pronounce eclipse in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dominate, overshadow
Type of brood, loom, hover, bulk large
Type Words
Synonyms occult
Type of overshadow


The Sun eclipses the moon today.
Type Words
Synonyms occultation
Type of break, interruption
Has types partial eclipse, solar eclipse, total eclipse, lunar eclipse

Examples of eclipse

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As a coincidence, the eclipse fell on the same date as the 2010 winter solstice.
From the edition.cnn.com
Both eclipse the program's previous high ranking of No. 5, achieved last season.
From the courier-journal.com
The last total solar eclipse was on July 11 2010, crossing the Southern Pacific.
From the dailymercury.com.au
These stars are also oriented such that they eclipse each other every 6 minutes.
From the sciencedaily.com
Expect the Panda to continue to eclipse the best the opposition can throw at it.
From the newarkadvertiser.co.uk
These certificates pretty much eclipse all other savings products on the market.
From the guardian.co.uk
A view of a partial solar eclipse as seen from Gaza city, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011.
From the sacbee.com
Eclipse has a skeleton staff working without pay who will keep operations going.
From the timesunion.com
Our third eclipse took us to the Netherlands Antilles island of Curacao in 1998.
From the sfgate.com
More examples
  • One celestial body obscures another
  • Overshadow: be greater in significance than; "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"
  • Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; "The Sun eclipses the moon today"; "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies"
  • An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when a celestial object is temporarily obscured, either by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer. An eclipse is a type of syzygy.
  • ECLiPSe is a constraint logic programming system that implements a programming language close to SICStus Prolog (it is ISO Prolog compliant and has wrapper libraries to emulate SICStus syntax). ...
  • L'eclisse ("The Eclipse") is a 1962 film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. It is considered the last part of a trilogy which was preceded by L'avventura and La notte.
  • Eclipse is a Canadian drama film, written and directed by Jeremy Podeswa and released in 1994.
  • Eclipse is the seventh studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis. The lyrics are from a play based on the Kullervo legend (told in the Kalevala), written by Finnish poet and playwright Paavo Haavikko in 1982.
  • Eclipse is the fourth studio album by the band Autumn Tears. It was their first album in four years, since . Eclipse would be Erika Tandy's last album recorded with Autumn Tears. ...