/skaɪ/

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Meaning

The space high above the earth that you see when you look up, where the sun, clouds, and stars are.

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Word origin

From Old Norse sky, meaning cloud, which later came to mean the whole heavens.

Origin
Old Norse
Root
sky

Grammar

Gender
Pluralskies

Examples

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"Sky" is the space high above you when you look up.

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Here "sky" is the open space above the earth.

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"Skies" is the plural, used for the sky in more than one place or time.

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This word is taught in chapter 13, lesson 2: sky, warm, kitchen and 7 more words.