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circle
CEFRA1
/ˈsɜɹkəl/
noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A round shape with every point equally far from its center.
- 02
noun
A group of people with a shared interest.
Examples
He walked to the centre of the circle.
It no longer seems to be a perfect circle.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsAny shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.
A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
verb
Extra meaningTo move around something in a circular path.
More examples
In contextThe answer leads us to a vicious circle.
Children, please join hands and form a circle.
The set of all points (x, y) such that (x − 1)² + y² = r² is a circle of radius r around the point (1, 0).
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Origin
noun
From Middle English circle, cercle, from Old French cercle and Latin circulus, diminutive of Latin circus (“circle, circus”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring”), related to Old English hring (“ring”). Compare also Old English ċircul (“circle, zodiac”), which came from the same Latin source. By surface analysis, Latin circ(us) + -(u)le.