Collocations for "planet"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "planet" in context.
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planet
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- learn the planets of the solar system
- the solar system's planets
- [a dwarf, an Earth-like, a gaseous] planet
- is in orbit around the planet
- the planet's [moons, satellites]
- discovered a new planet
- discovered [water, life forms] on the planet
- [killing, saved] the planet
- looking for [habitable, life-sustaining] planets
- plans to [inhabit, live on] the planet
- the planet has no [moons, life form]
- has a planet named after her
- the planet is [10] billion years old
- a planet a [thousand, million] light years away
- the furthest planet from [the Sun, Earth]
- the planet nearest [Earth]
- during the formation of the planets
- on the surface of the planet
- another blue planet
- the red planet
- slang: what planet do you live on?
- slang: must be living on another planet!
- slang: come back to planet Earth
- slang: well, back on planet Earth, we [say, think]
'planet' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Earth
- alien
- anywhere
- being
- conception
- creature
- dead
- devoid
- discovery
- distant
- doodle
- doomed
- everywhere
- exploitation
- explore
- formation
- giant
- heavenly
- lone
- magnitude
- map
- new
- pole
- previously
- revolution
- scan
- scientist
- setting
- spin
- sun
- sustainability
- ubiquitous
- warp
- whisk
- whole