Synonyms for constellation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kon-stuh-ley-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒn stəˈleɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for constellation Other synonyms for the word constellation
- afterlife
- break
- breaks
- certainty
- conclusion
- condition
- constellation
- course of events
- cup
- design
- divine decree
- doom
- expectation
- finality
- foreordination
- fortune
- happenstance
- hereafter
- horoscope
- intent
- karma
- kismet
- lot
- luck
- Moirai
- orderliness
- ordinance
- plan
- portion
- predestination
- predetermination
- serendipity
- sort
- style
- system
- the stars
- type
- variety
- way the ball bounces
- way the cookie crumbles
- what is written
- wheel of fortune
- world to come
Définition of constellation
Origin :- early 14c., from Old French constellacion "constellation, conjuncture (of planets)," from Late Latin constellationem (nominative constellatio) "set with stars," from constellatus, from Latin com- "with" (see com-) + past participle of stellare "to shine," from stella "star" (see star). Originally in astrology, of position of planets ("stars") in regard to one another on a given day, usually one's birth day, as a determination of one's character. "I folwed ay myn inclinacioun/By vertu of my constillacioun" (Chaucer, "Wife's Prologue," c.1386). Modern astronomical sense is from 1550s.
- As in pattern : noun arrangement, order
- As in destiny : noun fate
- One of the stars in the constellation of the Pleiades is said to have disappeared.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Commodore Dallas's pennant was flying in the Constellation when I joined her.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- I knew that constellation, for by it one of the men had taught me to find the pole-star.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- It is about the other title of this constellation, "Great Bear."
- Extract from : « St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. » by Various
- Beta Cephei is a variable star in the Constellation Cepheus.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
- I 'd certainly not face such a constellation as the three of them.
- Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
- The fall of the foremast ended the battle for the "Constellation."
- Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
- The native Australians called this constellation "The Boomerang."
- Extract from : « A Field Book of the Stars » by William Tyler Olcott
- This constellation is said to have been an object of worship in Phœnicia.
- Extract from : « A Field Book of the Stars » by William Tyler Olcott
- A view of this constellation through an opera-glass will repay the observer.
- Extract from : « A Field Book of the Stars » by William Tyler Olcott
Antonyms for constellation
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