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- [kom-it]
- /ˈkɒm ɪt/
- /ˈkɒm.ɪt/
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- [kom-it]
- /ˈkɒm ɪt/
Definitions of comet word
- countable noun comet A comet is a bright object with a long tail that travels around the sun. 3
- noun comet a celestial body that travels around the sun, usually in a highly elliptical orbit: thought to consist of a solid frozen nucleus part of which vaporizes on approaching the sun to form a gaseous luminous coma and a long luminous tail 3
- noun comet a small, frozen mass of dust and gas revolving around the sun in a parabolic or elliptical orbit: as it nears the sun it vaporizes, forming a coma and, usually, a long tail of ions that points away from the sun 3
- noun comet a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun. 1
- noun comet A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “ tail ” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun. 1
- noun comet celestial body 1
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Origin of comet
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English comete < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin comētēs, comēta < Greek komḗtēs wearing long hair, equivalent to komē-, variant stem of komân to let one's hair grow (derivative of kómē hair) + -tēs agent suffix
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Parts of speech for Comet
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preposition
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comet popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
comet usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for comet
noun comet
- falling star — an incandescent meteor; a shooting star.
- bolide — a large exceptionally bright meteor that often explodes
- fireball — Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- meteorite — a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid.
- meteoroid — any of the small bodies, often remnants of comets, traveling through space: when such a body enters the earth's atmosphere it is heated to luminosity and becomes a meteor.
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