orbit

The curved path of one object around a point or another body.

(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.

In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.

The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit, as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.

(countable, uncountable)(anatomy) The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.

Đồng nghĩa: eye socket, cranial orbit

(countable, uncountable)(mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.

(countable, uncountable)(geometry, group theory) The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.

(countable, uncountable)(poker, Texas hold 'em) The number of hands such that each player at the table has posted the big blind once.

All right, I'll play one more orbit but then I'm leaving!

(countable, informal, uncountable)A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.

Dad went into orbit when I told him that I'd crashed the car.

(transitive)(astronomy, transitive) To circle or revolve around another object or position.

The Earth orbits the Sun.

The satellite orbits the Lagrange point.

(transitive)To move around the general vicinity of something.

The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, begging for sweets.

Đồng nghĩa: circumambulate, tag along

(transitive)To move in a circle.

(transitive)To center (around).

(transitive)(transitive, dating) To continue to follow or engage with someone by means of social media after breaking up with them.