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eclipsing

English translation: overshadow / draw attention away from / make s/o or sth else seem less important or successful

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English term or phrase:eclipse
Selected answer:overshadow / draw attention away from / make s/o or sth else seem less important or successful
Entered by: Tony M

07:26 Aug 25, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: eclipsing
"Increasingly, cyber-bullying and cyber-threats are eclipsing acts of physical violence, but are no less fearsome to those in the direct line of attack".

I am not sure of the meaning of "eclipsing" in the above sentence. Any help would be appreciated.
Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 18:37
overshadowing / drawing attention away from
Explanation:
The source term simply means 'putting into shadow' — this doesn't NECESSARILY mean there are numerically more of them; just that they are drawing attention away from the more physical forms of attack.

Only the rest of your s/t may enable you to determine whether the secondary meaning is there as well.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 17:37
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +7overshadowing / drawing attention away from
Tony M
4 +1replacing, outnumbering, taking over from
philgoddard
5 -1surpassing
heather watson


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
surpassing


Explanation:
It means that there is now, increasingly, more cyber-bullying/cyber-threats than acts of physical violence.

heather watson
Italy
Local time: 17:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Not really; for a start 'surpassing' is normally only used for POSITIVE things; and also, here, we're not talking about there being more of them, but simply that they are drawing more attention...
20 mins
neutral  AllegroTrans: I doubt whether the numbers can be proven to surpass acts of physical violence, I simply think we hear more about cyber-bullying etc. because the media like to report it more often
1 hr
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
replacing, outnumbering, taking over from


Explanation:
Take your pick!


    Reference: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/eclips...
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 123
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
8 mins
neutral  AllegroTrans: I doubt whether outnumbering can be proven, I simply think we hear more about cyber-bullying etc. because the media like to report it more often; and they are not "replaced" (the former still continue)
5 hrs
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
overshadowing / drawing attention away from


Explanation:
The source term simply means 'putting into shadow' — this doesn't NECESSARILY mean there are numerically more of them; just that they are drawing attention away from the more physical forms of attack.

Only the rest of your s/t may enable you to determine whether the secondary meaning is there as well.


Tony M
France
Local time: 17:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 309
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
33 mins
  -> Thanks, Yasutomo-san!
agree  Lingua 5B
55 mins
  -> Thanks, Lingua!
agree  AllegroTrans: becoming more obvious (presumably partly because of greater media coverage - probably not numerically greater at all, as you say yourself)
1 hr
  -> Thanks, C!
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
3 hrs
  -> Merci, J-C !
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Consistent with the (astrological) meaning of 'eclipse'.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tina!
agree  Björn Vrooman: Not sure why Phil quoted Macmillan on this; even Mcm says that the verb means "to make someone or something else seem less important or successful"
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Björn!
agree  B D Finch
1 day 6 hrs
  -> Thanks, B! :-)
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