Eclipse ( noun , verb )

(As a noun)

Eclipse ( noun )

1. An occasion when one celestial body passes in front of another, obscuring it from view.
2. An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.

Origin:

Middle english: from old french eclips, via latin from greek ekleipsis, from ekleipein "abandon, fail".

Examples:

1. There will be a solar eclipse on Monday.
2. The lunar eclipse was visible from our location.
3. Eclipse is caused by the alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth.
4. The total eclipse lasted for 2 minutes and 40 seconds.
5. The next solar eclipse will be in 2024.

(As a verb)

Eclipse ( verb )

1. An occasion when one celestial body passes in front of another, obscuring it from view.
2. An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.

Origin:

Middle english: from old french eclips, via latin from greek ekleipsis, from ekleipein "abandon, fail".

Examples:

1. There will be a solar eclipse on Monday.
2. The lunar eclipse was visible from our location.
3. Eclipse is caused by the alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth.
4. The total eclipse lasted for 2 minutes and 40 seconds.
5. The next solar eclipse will be in 2024.