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   Sphere

   /sfir/

   

   noun

   • 1. a round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its center.
   • ▪ an object having a round solid shape; a ball or globe: "the markers on the route included two conspicuous black spheres" Similar globeballorbspheroidglobuleroundbubblerare:spherule
   • ▪ a globe representing the earth: "the room was littered with books, maps, and spheres"
   • ▪ a celestial body: literary "he sometimes took out his telescope to make sure the spheres were still revolving in good order"
   • ▪ the sky perceived as a vault upon or in which celestial bodies are represented as lying. literary
   • ▪ each of a series of revolving concentrically arranged spherical shells in which celestial bodies were formerly thought to be set in a fixed relationship.
   • 2. an area of activity, interest, or expertise; a section of society or an aspect of life distinguished and unified by a particular characteristic: "political reforms to match those in the economic sphere" Similar domainrealmprovincefieldarearegionterritoryarenadepartmentarea of interestarea of studydisciplinespecialityspecialty

   verb

   • 1. enclose in or as if in a sphere: archaic "mourners, sphered by their dark garb"
   • ▪ form into a rounded or perfect whole: archaic "you, hitherto, have still had goodness sphered within your eyes"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French espere, from late Latin sphera, earlier sphaera, from Greek sphaira ‘ball’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   SPHERE meaning: 1. an object shaped like a round ball: 2. a subject or area of knowledge, work, etc.: 3. an…. Learn more.

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   1. Mathematics A three-dimensional surface, all points of which are equidistant from a fixed point. 2. A spherical object or figure. 3. A celestial body, such as a planet or star. 4. The sky, appearing as a hemisphere to an observer: the sphere of the heavens. 5.

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   Definitions of sphere. noun. a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center. see more. noun. any spherically shaped artifact. see more. noun. a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) see more. noun.

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   Definition of sphere noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSPHERE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   3 days ago · 1. countable noun. A sphere is an object that is completely round in shape like a ball. 2. countable noun. A sphere of activity or interest is a particular area of activity or interest. ...the sphere of international politics. [ + of] ...nurses, working in all spheres of the health service. [ + of]

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   the place or environment within which a person or thing exists; a field of activity or operation: to be out of one's professional sphere. a particular social world, stratum of society, or walk of life: His social sphere is small. a field of something specified: a sphere of knowledge. verb (used with object), sphered, spher·ing.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySPHERE | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   a subject or area of knowledge, work, etc: the political sphere. sphere noun [C] (SHAPE) a round object shaped like a ball. (Definition of sphere from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of sphere. in Chinese (Traditional) 圓形物體, 球，圓球, 球狀物… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 圆形物体, 球，圆球, 球状物… See more.