eclipsing
present participle ofeclipse
eclipse
verb
uk/ɪˈklɪps/us/ɪˈklɪps/eclipseverb(SUN)
[T]
to make an eclipse of themoonorsun:
Themoonwill betotallyeclipsed at 12.10 p.m.
Astronomy
- albedo
- Andromeda
- Aquarius
- Aries
- asteroid
- galactic
- galaxy
- Gemini
- geostationary orbit
- gibbous
- orbital
- penumbra
- phase
- Pisces
- planet
- supergiant
- supermassive
- supermoon
- supernova
- syzygy
eclipseverb(IMPORTANCE)
[Toften passive]
to make anotherpersonor thingseemmuch lessimportant, good, orfamous:
Theeconomyhas eclipsed all otherissuesduring thiselectioncampaign.
Surpassing in quality or number
- catch
- catch(someone)up
- compare
- crown
- crush
- dosomethingfor an encoreidiom
- eclipse
- encore
- outcompete
- outdo
- outflank
- outgo
- outman
- push the envelopeidiom
- put/leavesomeonein the shadeidiom
- shade
- shame
- steal a march onsomeoneidiom
- stealsomeone'sthunderidiom
- surpass
Examplesofeclipsing
eclipsing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The current focus on dementia riskseclipsingother mental health problems of later life.
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Above all, this is a narrator allied with the female protagonists in the keeping ofeclipsingsecrets.
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One potential problem - possible confusion from background stars, particularlyeclipsingbinaries near the line of sight to a foreground target star - is addressed here.
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There are grounds for criticism here because the present may beeclipsingan attention to the past.
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Eclipsinghappens in several ways in the piece.
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Will not clinicians simply reflect on their own stories of origin,eclipsingthe manifold differences that characterize other life trajectories?
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Right now the trade is feeling the effects of labour shortage, the demand for muleteerseclipsingthe supply.
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Alongside this, andeclipsingit in rhetoric, there is his incomes policy.
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You cannot goeclipsingthese great legal luminaries because of accidents like that.
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Therefore, the danger of one schooleclipsingthe other in popular favour does not seem to me a very sound argument.
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So far, orders worth £18 billion have been taken on the first two days,eclipsingthe amount taken during the whole of the last show, two years ago.
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After subtracting the bestfittingeclipsingbinary model, the residuals were analyzed to determine the pulsation properties.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Eclipsinginfantry positions and observation cloches were also provided.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is aneclipsingbinary star, with a period of 2.3272 days.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are noteclipsing, but fluctuations in apparent magnitude occur due to changes in the amount of light emitting area visible to the observer.
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