satellite
noun /ˈsætəlaɪt/
/ˈsætəlaɪt/
- an electronic device that is sent into space and moves around the earth or another planet. It is used for communicating by radio, television, etc. and for gathering information.
- a weather/communications/spy satellite
- by/via satellite The interview came live by satellite from Hollywood.
- They could track the tagged sea turtles by satellite.
- The information was sent via a satellite link.
- satellite television/TV/radio (= broadcast using a satellite)
- a satellite broadcast/channel/picture
- The use of satellite phones meant that journalists could report directly from the arena of the battlefront.
- My car was fitted with a satellite navigation system.
- The software enables the user to set up a satellite communications link.
- They have successfully launched satellites into orbit.
Wordfinder- astronaut
- countdown
- dock
- launch
- mission
- orbit
- rocket
- satellite
- space
- weightless
Collocations TelevisionTelevisionWatching- watch television/TV/a show/(British English) a programme/(North American English) a program/a documentary/a pilot/a rerun/a repeat
- see (especially British English) an ad/(especially North American English) a commercial/the news/the weather
- catch/miss a show/a programme/a program/an episode/the news
- pick up/reach for/grab the remote (control)
- change/switch channel
- surf (through)/ (especially North American English) flip through/ (especially British English) flick through the channels
- sit in front of/switch on/switch off/turn on/turn off the television/the TV/the TV set
- have/install satellite (TV)/cable (TV)/a satellite dish
- show a programme/a documentary/an ad/a commercial
- screen a programme/a documentary
- run an ad/a commercial
- broadcast/ (especially North American English) air/repeat a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a series
- go out/air/be recorded live
- attract/draw (in)/pull (in) viewers
- be a hit with viewers/audiences/critics
- get (low/high) ratings
- be on/appear on television/TV/a TV show
- take part in a phone-in/a game show/a quiz show/a reality TV show
- host a show/a programme/series/a game show/a quiz show/a talk show/(British English) a chat show
- be/become/work as a/an (British English) TV presenter/talk-show host/sports commentator/anchorman/(British English) newsreader
- read/present the news
- appear/perform live (on TV)
- do/film/make a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a pilot/a series/an ad/a commercial
- work on a soap (opera)/a pilot (episode)/a sitcom
- write/produce a drama/sitcom/spin-off/comedy series
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsb2, Spaceb2- American reconnaissance satellites provide images of the earth.
- The BBC broadcast the game via satellite.
- The satellite passes over Britain every afternoon.
- The satellite will transmit the information back to earth.
- a new satellite that monitors changes in the environment
- a satellite photo of your neighbourhood
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- commercial
- research
- military
- …
- launch
- put into orbit
- send into orbit
- …
- be in orbit
- orbit something
- detect something
- …
- image
- imagery
- photo
- …
- from a/the satellite
- via satellite
- a natural object that moves around a larger natural object in space
- The moon is a satellite of earth.
- a town, a country or an organization that is controlled by and depends on another larger or more powerful one
- Following the Second World War it became a satellite state of the Soviet Union.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘follower’): from French satellite or Latin satelles, satellit- ‘attendant’.