satellite
[noun]
Synonyms: follower, adherent, cohort, disciple, henchman, partisan, sectary, sectator, supporter
[adjective]
Synonyms: concomitant, accompanying, ancillary, attendant, attending, coincident, collateral, incident

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Related Words: favorite, minion

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sat‧el‧lite W3 /ˈsætəlaɪt, ˈsætɪlaɪt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: Latin satelles 'personal servant or guard']

1. a machine that has been sent into space and goes around the Earth, moon etc, used for radio, television, and other electronic communication:
the launch of a communications and weather satellite
via/by satellite (=using a satellite)
This broadcast comes live via satellite from New York.

2. a natural object that moves around a planet:
The moon is a satellite of the Earth.

3. a country, area, or organization that is controlled by or is dependent on another larger one:
the former Soviet satellite country of Lithuania

4. a town that has developed next to a large city:
We stayed in Aurora, a satellite suburb of Chicago.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

satellite
noun
ADJ. artificial | commercial, communications, meteorological, reconnaissance, research, spy, weather
VERB + SATELLITE launch, put into orbit, put up, send up
SATELLITE + VERB be in orbit, orbit sth About 100 Russian satellites are orbiting the earth.
pass over sth The satellite passes over Britain every afternoon.
monitor sth, track sth a new satellite that monitors changes in the environment
broadcast sth, relay sth, transmit sth The satellite will transmit the information back to earth.
SATELLITE + NOUN photograph, picture | data | link The pictures are broadcast through a live satellite link with Tokyo.
communications, system, technology | dish, receiver, television/TV | broadcasters, channel, company, station
PREP. from a/the ~ images from satellites
via ~ The BBC broadcast the game via satellite.

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