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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

“a king's accession to a confederacy”

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Dictionary Entry

orbiting

Part of Speechverb

To circle or revolve around another object.

In a Sentence

“The Earth orbits the Sun.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

satellites orbitingsatellite orbitingaround orbitingspace orbitingspacecraft orbitingelectrons orbitingorbiting planetsorbiting polar
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Synonyms

circumambulatetag alonglaunch

Antonyms

deorbit

Related Words

compassareasphererangeambitfieldscopedomain

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