Definitions For Eclipse

noun

  • One celestial body obscures another
  • An occasion when the sun looks like it is completely or partially covered with a dark circle because the moon is between the sun and the Earth
  • An occasion when the moon looks like it is completely or partially covered with a dark circle because the Earth's shadow is on it
  • A loss of power, success, popularity, etc.

verb

  • Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
  • Be greater in significance than
  • To cause an eclipse of (the sun or moon)
  • To make (something) less important or popular
  • To do or be much better than (someone or something)

Is Eclipses a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
15

The word Eclipse is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Eclipse in a Sentence

  • An eclipse of the sun
  • The popularity of television led to the eclipse of the radio drama.
  • An artist whose reputation has long been in eclipse
  • The sun was partially eclipsed by the moon.
  • Train travel was eclipsed by the growth of commercial airlines.

Synonyms for Eclipse

Antonyms for Eclipses

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