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eclipsing

eclipsing is the present participle and gerund of eclipse.

Meaning of eclipse

Verb

eclipse (third-person singular simple present eclipses, present participle eclipsing, simple past and past participle eclipsed)

  1. (transitive) Of astronomical or atmospheric bodies, to cause an eclipse.
    • The Moon eclipsed the Sun.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
    • For, till I see them here, by doubtful fear / My joy of liberty is half eclips'd.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
    Synonyms:
    upstage
  3. (Irish) To undergo eclipsis.

See all 7 meanings of eclipse

Noun

eclipsing (plural eclipsings)

  1. The act or process by which something is eclipsed.

Forms of eclipsing

pluraleclipsings

Words formed from eclipsing

Phrases with eclipsing

Questions about eclipsing

What does eclipsing mean?
Eclipsing means the act or process by which something is eclipsed.
What is eclipsing the present participle and gerund of?
Eclipsing is the present participle and gerund of eclipse.
What part of speech is eclipsing?
Eclipsing is a noun.
What is the plural of eclipsing?
The plural of eclipsing is eclipsings.

Words near eclipsing in the dictionary

  1. eclipser
  2. eclipsers
  3. eclipses
  4. eclipsest
  5. eclipseth
  6. eclipsing
  7. eclipsing binaries
  8. eclipsing binary
  9. eclipsings
  10. eclipsis
  11. eclipta

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eclipsing (page history and authors); eclipse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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