🇬🇧 Constellation meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A constellation is a group of stars that people imagine as a picture in the night sky, like a dot-to-dot drawing of an animal, person, or object made out of stars.

My brother said he discovered a new constellation that looks exactly like him napping on the couch.

Grandma pointed to a constellation of a lion, but it looked more like a confused cat sitting on a remote control.

I made up a constellation called The Pizza Slice, and now I’m hungry every time I look at the sky.

My brother said he found a constellation shaped like a toilet, and now it’s impossible to take the night sky seriously.

If you connect enough stars, you can make a constellation of anything, even a llama wearing roller skates.

On a flat roof, a boy and his grandmother watched stars. She pointed to a constellation and asked him to find the constellation. He found that constellation, then copied that constellation with a finger across the sky, then sketched the constellation on paper. The small star picture looked like a fox; they laughed and hugged.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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