Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To furnish with galaxies.

  2. (archaic, transitive)To gather together into a luminous whole.

Examples

145 sentences

  1. There are many galaxies in the universe.

    У всесвіті багато галактик. — esperanto

    ruВо Вселенной есть много галактик. — al_ex_an_der

    deEs gibt viele Galaxien im Universum. — MUIRIEL

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  2. I wonder how many planets in our galaxy have life.

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  3. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way.

    Наша галактика називається Чумацький Шлях. — deniko

    ruНаша галактика называется Млечный Путь. — Balamax

    deUnsere Galaxie wird Milchstraße genannt. — Espi

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  4. There are innumerable stars in the galaxy.

    В галактиці незліченна кількість зірок. — Ahha

    ruВ галактике бесчисленное количество звёзд. — marafon

    deIn der Galaxie gibt es unzählbar viele Sterne. — xtofu80

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  5. There's a supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.

    У центрі нашої галактики є надмасивна чорна діра. — Balamax

    ruВ центре нашей галактики находится сверхмассивная чёрная дыра. — Wezel

    deIm Zentrum unserer Galaxis befindet sich ein supermassives Schwarzes Loch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From Middle English galaxye, galaxie, from Old French galaxie, from Latin galaxias, from A

From Middle English galaxye, galaxie, from Old French galaxie, from Latin galaxias, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “Milky Way”), shortening of γαλαξίας κύκλος (galaxías kúklos, “milky circle”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).

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Forms

galaxies, galaxying, galaxied, galaxied
Base formgalaxy · to galaxy
3rd person singulargalaxies
Present participlegalaxying
Past simplegalaxied
Past participlegalaxied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygalaxy
he, she, itgalaxies

Past simpleLesson

all personsgalaxied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave galaxied
he, she, ithas galaxied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill galaxy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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