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Collocations for moon - noun

ADJECTIVE

bright
A bright moon shone high overhead.
pale
large, small
crescent, full, gibbous, half, harvest, new, quarter
waning, waxing
rising
icy
Saturn's icy moons

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VERB + moon

cover, hide
A large black cloud covered the moon.
fly to, go to, land on, reach
colonize
explore
orbit
discover
Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter.

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moon + VERB

appear, come out, rise
glow, shine
illuminate sth, light sth, light up sth
set
The moon had almost set and the night was now dark.
wane, wax
hang, hover
The full moon hung high in the night sky.
orbit sth
pass
During the eclipse, the moon passed between the sun and the Earth.
be reflected in sth, reflect off sth
The moon reflected perfectly off the surface of the water.
cast sth
The moon cast its soft glow on the earth below.

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moon + NOUN

landing
base
The agency wants to establish a permanent moon base.
rocket
mission
an astronaut who was killed during the first moon mission
cycle, phase
The calendar gives you sunset times as well as moon phases.
god, goddess

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PREPOSITION

on the moon
the first man to walk on the moon
under a/the moon
The road shone frostily under the full moon.

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PHRASES

the light of the moon
They had to work by the light of the moon.
the surface of the moon

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