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circle

/ˈsɜɹkəl/noun, verb2 syllables

Circle means: street names for flunitrazepam.

Synonyms for circle19

noun, as in street names for flunitrazepam

R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug

noun, as in an unofficial association of people or groups

set, band, lot

noun, as in a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

traffic circle, rotary, roundabout

noun, as in movement once around a course

lap, circuit

noun, as in a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra

dress circle

noun, as in any circular or rotating mechanism

round

verb, as in form or draw a circle around

encircle

also used for circle

gyrate

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does circle mean?11

noun

1

street names for flunitrazepam

2

an unofficial association of people or groups“the smart set goes there”

3

a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island“the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary”

4

movement once around a course“he drove an extra lap just for insurance”

5

a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra“they had excellent seats in the dress circle”

6

any circular or rotating mechanism“the machine punched out metal circles”

7

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point“he calculated the circumference of the circle”

8

something approximating the shape of a circle“the chairs were arranged in a circle”

verb

1

form or draw a circle around“encircle the errors”

2

travel around something“circle the globe”

3

move in a circular path above (someone or something)“the plane circled, looking for a landing spot”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Circle in a sentence

  • Give a man a world of cubes, and he will make a circle.LimeGreenTeknii
  • Important geometric figures, that are triangle, square, rectangle, circle, parallelogram and trapeze.benutzer
  • The three hyenas sat in a circle, reasoning with one another.FeuDRenais2
  • The house looks circular, but it isn't a complete circle.unknown
  • It's not a pyramid scheme, it's a gifting circle!Hybrid
  • There are two doctors in his circle of friends, a surgeon and an ophthalmologist.AlanF_US
  • I really like him, but not his circle of friends.CM
  • He's going in circles, unable to finish his work.anzart

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of circle

as a noun

plural
circles

as a verb

past tense
circled
present participle
circling
third-person singular
circles
past participle
circled