nova

UK /ˈnəʊ.və/ US /ˈnoʊ.və/

noun 5name 4

Definitions

noun

Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.

Ellipsis of classical nova

name

A female given name from Latin.

Did you notice the dog which in the winter sports scenes is clasped in the arms of the child-star, Nova Pilbeam?

He murmurs to himself, "Her body is twenty-two, but she is in the infancy of a second life. I will call her Nova, the New One."

noun

Smoked Nova Scotia salmon.

Collocations

ADJ.

all, easy, expected, free, international, new, new, prime

The new nova in the night sky was visible to the naked eye for weeks.

VERB + NOVA

attack, back, born, call, commemorate, connects, go, learn

The explosion was so bright it seemed like a star had been born nova in our sky.

NOVA + NOUN

anytime, civilization, festival, he's, mass, pilbeam, scotia, scotian

The astronomy club held a nova festival last summer to celebrate recent discoveries in the night sky.

PREP.

from, in, on, with

Astronomers discovered a bright nova in the constellation Cygnus last month.

ADV.

already, once

The supernova had already faded from view by the time astronomers set up their telescopes.

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Example Bank

Did you notice the dog which in the winter sports scenes is clasped in the arms of the child-star, Nova Pilbeam?

Wiktionary

He murmurs to himself, "Her body is twenty-two, but she is in the infancy of a second life. I will call her Nova, the New One."

Wiktionary

The researchers said that the sun was quite stable, and was not expected to go nova anytime soon.

Tatoeba · #1468740

When their home star went nova, their civilization was destroyed.

Tatoeba · #1468744

On the language website, he could not find the selection for Lingua Franca Nova.

Tatoeba · #1647587

Lingua Franca Nova is free for all to use.

Tatoeba · #5261628

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