sky

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/skaɪ/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    The space above the earth where clouds and stars appear.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.

Examples

  • Do you ever dream about flying through the sky?

  • The sky suddenly went dark and it started to rain.

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Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.

  2. The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.

  3. The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.

More examples

In context

  • The sky promises fair weather.

  • I lay back under a warm Texas sky.

  • That year, a meteor fell from the sky.

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Origin

noun

The noun is derived from Middle English sky (“sky; cloud; mist”), also spelled ski, skie, [and other forms], from Old Norse ský (“cloud”), from Proto-Germanic *skiwją (“cloud; sky”), from *skiwô (“cloud; cloud cover, haze; sky”) (whence Old English sċēo (“cloud”) and Middle English skew (“air; sky; (rare) cloud”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover; to conceal, hide”). Partly displaced Old English heofon, which survives in the reflex heaven, still sometimes used in the sense of sky, but usually in high or poetic register. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates The English word is cognate with Old English scēo (“cloud”), Old Saxon scio, skio, skeo (“light cloud cover”), Dani...