[ˈɔːbɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution
(e.g: the Earth's orbit around the sun)

- an area of activity, interest, or influence
(e.g: audiences drawn largely from outside the Party orbit)

- the cavity in the skull of a vertebrate that contains the eye; the eye socket


Phrases:
- into orbit

Origin:
late Middle English (in orbit): partly via French from Latin orbita ‘course, track’ (in medieval Latin ‘eye socket’), feminine of orbitus ‘circular’, from orbis ‘circle, sphere’

[ˈɔːbɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a celestial object or spacecraft) move in orbit round (a star or planet)
(e.g: Mercury orbits the Sun)


Phrases:
- into orbit

Origin:
late Middle English (in orbit): partly via French from Latin orbita ‘course, track’ (in medieval Latin ‘eye socket’), feminine of orbitus ‘circular’, from orbis ‘circle, sphere’