PLANET


Meaning of PLANET in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ distant

▪ alien , unknown

▪ inner , outer

the outer ~s of our solar system

▪ extrasolar (= outside our solar system) ( technical )

Hubble has found around 100 new extrasolar ~s.

▪ Earth-like

the search for Earth-like ~s

▪ rocky

rocky ~s like Venus and Mars

▪ another , different ( figurative , humorous )

He looked like something from another ~!

VERB + PLANET

▪ be in orbit around , orbit

The spacecraft is currently in orbit around the red ~.

▪ destroy , save

We are destroying the ~ with our fossil-fuel lifestyle.

Will recycling help save the ~?

PLANET + VERB

▪ orbit

How many ~s orbit the sun?

PREPOSITION

▪ from a/the ~

creatures from an alien ~

▪ on a/the ~

She believes there is life on other ~s.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .