Circle

Quick meaning: Circle is a noun meaning Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.

Meaning

Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.

More Meanings

1. A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
2. The orbit of an astronomical body.
3. (South Africa, Philippines, India, Dundee) A traffic circle or roundabout.
4. (geometry) 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).
5. (colloquial) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.
6. (cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match.
7. (Wicca) A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the air with a wand or literally with stones or other items used for worship.

Example Sentences

inner circle

literary circle

circle of friends

Near-synonyms: coil, ring, loop

Word Forms

• circles
• circling
• circled

Synonyms for circle

Depending on context, synonyms include disc, disk, round, coil, ring, loop.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include round, rotary, environ, roundabout, circulate, circuit.

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