sphere

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/sfɪə(ɹ)/

noun 5verb 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

wider

Her business expanded beyond the local market into a wider sphere of international customers.

academic, cultural, domestic, economic, military, political, social

The company's influence extended beyond the economic sphere into political decision-making at the national level.

private, public

PREP

in/within sb's/the ~

Business decisions about marketing are within the company's sphere of responsibility.

outside sb's/the ~

That question about quantum physics is outside my sphere of knowledge.

~ of

PHRASES

a sphere of activity/influence/life

Definitions

noun

A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center. .

An object which appears to be bounded by a sphere; a round object, a ball.

Of celestial bodies, first the sun, / A mighty sphere, he framed.

So your orientation changes a little bit but it sinks in that the world is a sphere, and you're going around it, sometimes under it, sideways, or over it.

The celestial sphere: the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow globe within which celestial bodies appear to be embedded.

Though cold and darkness longer hang somewhere, / Yet Phoebus equally lights all the Sphere.

Resistless rolls the illimitable sphere, / And one great circle forms the unmeasured year.

Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth, and which carried the heavenly bodies; there were originally believed to be eight, and later nine and ten; friction between them was thought to ca

ſooner ſhall the Sun fall from his Spheare, Than Tamburlaine be ſlaine or ouercome.

It is more simplicitie to teach our children[…][t]he knowledge of the starres, and the motion of the eighth spheare, before their owne.

An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc.

verb

To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere.

The glorious planet Sol / In noble eminence enthroned and sphered / Amidst the other.

Sphere all your lights around, above; ⁠Sleep, gentle heavens, before the prow; ⁠Sleep, gentle winds, as he sleeps now, My friend, the brother of my love.

To make round or spherical; to perfect.

sphered Whole

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a particular aspect of life or activity

sector

noun — the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celest

noun — a particular environment or walk of life

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Of celestial bodies, first the sun, / A mighty sphere, he framed.

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So your orientation changes a little bit but it sinks in that the world is a sphere, and you're going around it, sometimes under it, sideways, or over it.

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Though cold and darkness longer hang somewhere, / Yet Phoebus equally lights all the Sphere.

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The glorious planet Sol / In noble eminence enthroned and sphered / Amidst the other.

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Sphere all your lights around, above; ⁠Sleep, gentle heavens, before the prow; ⁠Sleep, gentle winds, as he sleeps now, My friend, the brother of my love.

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sphered Whole

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, sphere is marked as archaic, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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