Explore Astronaut through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like spaceman or cosmonaut. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Astronaut meaning
- A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
- An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as cosmonaut, taikonaut, spationaut, and vyomanaut.
Astronaut vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Astronaut
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose. | A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose. | An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as cosmonaut, taikonaut, spationaut, and vyomanaut.
- Useful related words include: spaceman, cosmonaut, traveler, traveller.
- Possible Dutch translations are: ruimtevaarder, astronaut, astronaute.
- In the example corpus, astronaut often appears in combinations such as: nasa astronaut, an astronaut, the astronaut.
Context around Astronaut
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Astronaut
- In this selection, "astronaut" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fellow, planets, cutout, candidate, cutout and display stand out and add context to how "astronaut" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an astronaut has captured, and rookie astronaut victor glover and nasa astronaut. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "astronaut" sits close to words such as abide, engages and meanings, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with astronaut
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As a child, Patricia “Patty” Ortiz thought she wanted to be an astronaut. (13 words)
Buzz Aldrin and Dr Anca Faur marry on the astronaut's 93rd birthday. (13 words)
An astronaut has captured an out-of-this-world image of Brighton from above. (14 words)
The crew led by Hopkins, an Air Force colonel, includes physicist Shannon Walker and Navy Cmdr. and rookie astronaut Victor Glover, who will be the first Black astronaut to spend an extended period aboard the space station—a full five to six months. (43 words)
After seeing a demonstration of Ntention's smart glove for terrestrial applications, Lee suggested that it could be applied to an astronaut's spacesuit and proposed to carry out a field study of the "Astronaut Smart Glove" concept at HMP. (40 words)
It is loosely based on a true story and follows Natalie as Lucy Cola, an astronaut that returns to Earth after a lengthy space mission, where she begins an affair with fellow astronaut Mark Goodwin (Jon Hamm). (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Katherine will train for the next 14 months overseas and graduate to becoming an Astronaut, rather than her current status as 'Astronaut Candidate'.
The displays include all about planets, voyager distance display, constellation light tracing, weight on other planets, astronaut cutout, astronaut display, and the human gyro exhibit.
Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders speaks to reporters on Aug. 31, 2012, about the life of fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong.
Atasever was previously designated as the backup astronaut for the country's first astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı.
Reflecting on his solitude while orbiting the Moon, astronaut Michael Collins wrote in his memoir Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey: "I am alone now, truly alone, and absolutely isolated from any known life.
The crew led by Hopkins, an Air Force colonel, includes physicist Shannon Walker and Navy Cmdr. and rookie astronaut Victor Glover, who will be the first Black astronaut to spend an extended period aboard the space station—a full five to six months.
After seeing a demonstration of Ntention's smart glove for terrestrial applications, Lee suggested that it could be applied to an astronaut's spacesuit and proposed to carry out a field study of the "Astronaut Smart Glove" concept at HMP.
It is loosely based on a true story and follows Natalie as Lucy Cola, an astronaut that returns to Earth after a lengthy space mission, where she begins an affair with fellow astronaut Mark Goodwin (Jon Hamm).
According to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, six surviving astronauts from Mercury 7 established the U.S. Astronaut’s Hall of Fame to recognize science and aeronautical accomplishments by America’s finest astronauts.
Airing for five seasons on ABC, the show focuses on astronaut Steve Austin who is gravely injured in a spaceship crash.
An astronaut has captured an out-of-this-world image of Brighton from above.
Apollo 11 astronaut who stayed in orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon opened up.
Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke, who walked on the moon, speaks Saturday during a press conference that was held in Johnston during the town's Peach Blossom Festival.
A recent demo by astronaut Nicole Mann may look like magic, but the cup is leveraging the properties of fluid dynamics to mimic gravity.
As a child, Patricia “Patty” Ortiz thought she wanted to be an astronaut.
As soon as Chinese astronaut Liu Peiqiang gets the program up and running, most of humanity dies in natural disasters.
Astronaut Ken Mattingly, who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, died Tuesday.
Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi and his fellow Expedition 69 crew members will now have the opportunity to savour the taste of home.
Britain's Tim Peake has hung up his spacesuit, stepping down from Europe's astronaut corps to become an ambassador for space activities, the European Space Agency said on Friday.
Buzz Aldrin and Dr Anca Faur marry on the astronaut's 93rd birthday.
Phrases with astronaut
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with astronaut
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- nasa astronaut 32×
- an astronaut 27×
- the astronaut 14×
- astronaut and 9×
- astronaut who 8×
- astronaut to 7×
- former astronaut 6×
- first astronaut 5×
- astronaut mark 5×
- japanese astronaut 5×