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- [awrb]
- /ɔrb/
- /ɔːb/
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- [awrb]
- /ɔrb/
Definitions of orb word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of ORB Object Request Broker 3
- noun orb a sphere or globe: a Christmas tree hung with brightly colored orbs. 1
- noun orb the eyeball or eye: He looks with blind orbs on an indifferent world. 1
- noun orb any of the heavenly bodies, as the sun or moon: He lay on the grass, warmed by that orb of day, the sun. 1
- noun orb a globe bearing a cross; the mound or emblem of sovereignty, especially as part of the regalia of England. 1
- noun orb Astrology. the number of degrees from exactness within which an aspect operates. 1
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Origin of orb
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30, orb is from the Latin word orbis circle, disk, orb
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Parts of speech for Orb
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
orb 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".
orb usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for orb
noun orb
- globe — the planet Earth (usually preceded by the).
- sphere — Geometry. a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = r 2 . the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
- planet — Astronomy. Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun. (formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- ball — A ball is a round object that is used in games such as tennis, baseball, football, basketball, and cricket.
- round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
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