Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

Moon, a heavenly body that revolves around another one; spacecraft. Also: a machine that has been sent into space and goes around the Earth, moon etc, used for radio, television, and other electronic communication.

edit
Usage examples (37)
  • Last night I fell asleep in a satellite dish. My dreams were broadcast all over the world.
  • A city and its satellite communities
  • The term satellite is also used to describe man-made devices of any size that are launched into orbit.
  • Today the launching of a satellite is almost commonplace.
...click for more
Tutoring comment


Tutoring comment not yet available...

add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.