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English Idioms :: circle
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CIRCLE - See: COME FULL CIRCLE, IN A CIRCLE or IN CIRCLES, RUN CIRCLES AROUND also RUN RINGS AROUND. |
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Traditional English :: circle
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CIRCLE - n. & v. --n. 1 a a round plane figure whose circumference is everywhere equidistant from its centre. b the line enclosing a circle.
2 a roundish enclosure or structure.
3 a ring.
4 a curved upper tier of seats in a theatre etc. (dress circle).
5 a circular route.
6 Archaeol. a group of (usu. large embedded) stones arranged in a circle.
7 Hockey = striking-circle.
8 persons grouped round a centre of interest.
9 a set or class or restricted group (literary circles; not done in the best circles).
10 a period or cycle (the circle of the year).
11 (in full vicious circle) a an unbroken sequence of reciprocal cause and effect. b an action and reaction that intensify each other (cf. virtuous circle). c the fallacy of proving a proposition from another which depends on the first for its own proof. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by round, about) move in a circle.
2 tr. a revolve round. b form a circle round. circle back move in a wide loop towards the starting-point. come full circle return to the starting-point. go round in circles make no progress despite effort. great (or small) circle a circle on the surface of a sphere whose plane passes (or does not pass) through the sphere's centre. run round in circles colloq. be fussily busy with little result. circler n. [ME f. OF cercle f. L circulus dimin. of circus ring] |
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Related Words
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crop
photo
k
line
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quest
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book
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award
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candle
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Most Often Usage
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crop circle
crop circle photo
circle k
circle line
abs cbn star circle quest
circle of addiction
arctic circle
area of a circle
national book critic circle award
circle e candle
casting a circle
celtic circle
social circle
grand circle travel
dark circle under eye
inner circle bad boy
columbus circle
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