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Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
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Meaning of "circle" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CIRCLE

From Latin circulus a circular figure, from circus ring, circle.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CIRCLE

circle  [ˈsɜːkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CIRCLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Circle is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb circle in English.

WHAT DOES CIRCLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

circle

Circle

A circle is a simple shape of Euclidean geometry that is the set of all points in a plane that are at a given distance from a given point, the centre. The distance between any of the points and the centre is called the radius. It can also be defined as the locus of a point equidistant from a fixed point. A circle is a simple closed curve which divides the plane into two regions: an interior and an exterior. In everyday use, the term "circle" may be used interchangeably to refer to either the boundary of the figure, or to the whole figure including its interior; in strict technical usage, the circle is the former and the latter is called a disk. A circle can be defined as the curve traced out by a point that moves so that its distance from a given point is constant. A circle may also be defined as a special ellipse in which the two foci are coincident and the eccentricity is 0, or the two-dimensional shape enclosing the most area per unit perimeter, using calculus of variations.

Definition of circle in the English dictionary

The first definition of circle in the dictionary is a closed plane curve every point of which is equidistant from a given fixed point, the centre. Equation: ² + ² = r² where r is the radius and are the coordinates of the centre; area πr²; circumference: 2π r. Other definition of circle is the figure enclosed by such a curve. Circle is also the section of seats above the main level of the auditorium, usually comprising the dress circle and the upper circle.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CIRCLE

PRESENT

Present
I circle
you circle
he/she/it circles
we circle
you circle
they circle
Present continuous
I am circling
you are circling
he/she/it is circling
we are circling
you are circling
they are circling
Present perfect
I have circled
you have circled
he/she/it has circled
we have circled
you have circled
they have circled
Present perfect continuous
I have been circling
you have been circling
he/she/it has been circling
we have been circling
you have been circling
they have been circling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I circled
you circled
he/she/it circled
we circled
you circled
they circled
Past continuous
I was circling
you were circling
he/she/it was circling
we were circling
you were circling
they were circling
Past perfect
I had circled
you had circled
he/she/it had circled
we had circled
you had circled
they had circled
Past perfect continuous
I had been circling
you had been circling
he/she/it had been circling
we had been circling
you had been circling
they had been circling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will circle
you will circle
he/she/it will circle
we will circle
you will circle
they will circle
Future continuous
I will be circling
you will be circling
he/she/it will be circling
we will be circling
you will be circling
they will be circling
Future perfect
I will have circled
you will have circled
he/she/it will have circled
we will have circled
you will have circled
they will have circled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been circling
you will have been circling
he/she/it will have been circling
we will have been circling
you will have been circling
they will have been circling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would circle
you would circle
he/she/it would circle
we would circle
you would circle
they would circle
Conditional continuous
I would be circling
you would be circling
he/she/it would be circling
we would be circling
you would be circling
they would be circling
Conditional perfect
I would have circle
you would have circle
he/she/it would have circle
we would have circle
you would have circle
they would have circle
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been circling
you would have been circling
he/she/it would have been circling
we would have been circling
you would have been circling
they would have been circling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you circle
we let´s circle
you circle
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to circle
Past participle
circled
Present Participle
circling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CIRCLE


anisocercal
ænˌaɪsəʊˈsɜːkəl
cercal
ˈsɜːkəl
circumcircle
ˈsɜːkəmˌsɜːkəl
debacle
deɪˈbɑːkəl
diphycercal
ˌdɪfɪˈsɜːkəl
ducal
ˈdjuːkəl
encircle
ɪnˈsɜːkəl
fecal
ˈfiːkəl
furcal
ˈfɜːkəl
heterocercal
ˌhɛtərəʊˈsɜːkəl
homocercal
ˌhəʊməʊˈsɜːkəl
leptocercal
ˌlɛptəʊˈsɜːkəl
Merkel
ˈmɜːkəl
novercal
nəʊˈvɜːkəl
patriarchal
ˌpeɪtrɪˈɑːkəl
recircle
riːˈsɜːkəl
semicircle
ˈsɛmɪˌsɜːkəl
snorkel
ˈsnɔːkəl
sparkle
ˈspɑːkəl
Trakl
ˈtrɑːkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CIRCLE

circensial
circensian
circinate
circinately
Circini
Circinus
circiter
circle time
circler
circlet
circlip
Circlorama
circs
circuit
circuit binding
circuit board
circuit breaker
circuit court
circuit judge

WORDS THAT END LIKE CIRCLE

Arctic Circle
come full circle
crop circle
dress circle
family circle
golden circle
great circle
half-circle
inner circle
Magic Circle
pitch circle
small circle
social circle
squared circle
stone circle
traffic circle
tubercle
turning circle
vicious circle
virtuous circle
winner´s circle

Synonyms and antonyms of circle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CIRCLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «circle» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of circle

Translation of «circle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CIRCLE

Find out the translation of circle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of circle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «circle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

圆形
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

círculo
570 millions of speakers

English

circle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वृत्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دَائِرَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

круг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

círculo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৃত্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cercle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bulatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kreis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bunder
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hình tròn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வட்டம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मंडळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

daire
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cerchio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

koło
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

коло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cerc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κύκλος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sirkel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cirkel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sirkel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of circle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CIRCLE»

The term «circle» is very widely used and occupies the 3.757 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of circle
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «circle».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CIRCLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «circle» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «circle» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about circle

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10 QUOTES WITH «CIRCLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word circle.
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Paul Auster
It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me.
2
Pearl Bailey
Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
3
Harvey Ball
There are two ways to go about it. You can take a compass and draw a perfect circle and make two perfect eyes as neat as can be. Or you can do it freehand and have some fun with it. Like I did. Give it character.
4
Jean Baudrillard
To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of him, dispossess him of his shadow, drag him into a murderous future. It is to circle around the other like a dead star and absorb him into a black light.
5
Dierks Bentley
When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country music.
6
Helena Blavatsky
Even in our day, science suspects beyond the Polar seas, at the very circle of the Arctic Pole, the existence of a sea which never freezes and a continent which is ever green.
7
John Cena
When people show loyalty to you, you take care of those who are with you. It's how it goes with everything. If you have a small circle of friends, and one of those friends doesn't stay loyal to you, they don't stay your friend for very long.
8
Craig Charles
Prison widens your circle of friends. In my stand-up, I can now talk about things that no one else has the right to touch.
9
Ricardo Antonio Chavira
I don't go to a lot of parties or do a lot of going out within, like, the Hollywood circle or celebrity-type circles and things like that.
10
Melanie Chisholm
I don't want to be daft and say I had some spiritual awakening or something, but I really did come of age in Los Angeles, where we recorded the album. I had my own little house and my own little circle and I really got to feel how the city ticks.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIRCLE»

Discover the use of circle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to circle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Circle
The Circle is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers, best-selling author of A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award.
Dave Eggers, 2013
2
Inner Circle
Evelyn Lozada, the breakout star of VH1’s hit reality show Basketball Wives, brings you her first novel in the hot new series, The Wives Association.
Evelyn Lozada, 2012
3
The Tenth Circle: A Novel
Jodi Picoult, the New York Times bestselling author of Vanishing Acts, offers her most powerful chronicle yet of an American family with a story that probes the unbreakable bond between parent and child -- and the dangerous repercussions of ...
Jodi Picoult, 2006
4
A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in ...
This book, first published in 2000, challenges the idea that the news media and political parties are responsible for civic malaise.
Pippa Norris, 2000
5
Breaking the Vicious Circle: Toward Effective Risk Regulation
"Breaking the Vicious Circle" is a tour de force that should be read by everyone who is interested in improving our regulatory processes.
Stephen Breyer, 2009
6
The Circle: How the Power of a Single Wish Can Change Your Life
The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Practical Intuition" shows readers how one carefully crafted wish can serve as a match to ignite potent and lasting transformation in their lives.
Laura Day, 2009
7
Black: The Circle Series
Thomas Hunter narrowly survives a shooting attempt only to awaken in an alternate universe of green forests, a world to which he subsequently travels every time he goes to sleep.
Ted Dekker, 2009
8
The Circle of Fire: The Metaphysics of Yoga
" The book discusses the answers to these questions given by Western science and different schools of Indian thought, specifically detailing the answers to be found in India's two most developed traditions, Hinduism and Buddhism.
P. J. Mazumdar, 2009
9
Circle Series 4-in-1
Rare is the story that takes readers out of this world and into another. Rarer still the story that captures heart, soul, and mind...leaving the reader forever transformed. This is that story. Dive deep and enter the Circle.
Ted Dekker, 2011
10
The Seven Day Circle: The History and Meaning of the Week
Shows how an artificial system devised to order our activities, the seven-day week, has been shaped by religion, politics, and economics from the biblical era through varied, exotic civilizations and into the twentieth century
Eviatar Zerubavel, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIRCLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term circle is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Great Circle merges with another Missouri nonprofit
Great Circle and Butterfield Youth Services, not-for-profit organizations that provide behavioral health services to children and families in ... «St. Louis Business Journal, Jul 15»
2
Delhi rents may be linked to circle rates; hike soon?
The AAP government has proposed linking rent and lease agreements to circle rates of properties, a move that may lead to an increase in rents ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
3
Road from Gopala Gowda Circle via Soudha will open by July-end …
Motorists looking forward to zipping past the Vidhana Soudha via Gopala Gowda Circle on the Old Post Office Road-Ambedkar Veedhi may ... «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»
4
Family Circle Magazine Names Waukee as One of Ten Best Cities …
Family Circle, a home and family magazine, recently conducted a study to find the best towns for families in 2015, and Waukee made the list. «whotv.com, Jul 15»
5
Connecticut Harp Circle to perform in Bristol
After returning to the U.S., Hewitt founded the Celtic Harp Department at Neighborhood Music School and the Connecticut Harp Circle. «Bristol Press, Jul 15»
6
Sage partners with MarketInvoice and Funding Circle to help …
Similarly, its partnership with Funding Circle – the fast-growth marketplace for P2P business loans – will seek to help more businesses borrow ... «Startups.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Circle Mall Combines Retail, Commercial Components
Lagos real estate market is set to go a niche up with the development of The Circle Mall, a facility that combines retail and commercial ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
8
Uptown in University Circle to host free concert series, curated by …
The burgeoning University Circle area is bringing back The Beat Uptown free Thursday night concert series for the second year. The series ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
9
Security threat forces airliner bound for Minnesota to circle back to …
That threat forced the plane to circle back around to the airport in Charlotte about ten minutes after it had taken off from the same airport. «Valley News Live, Jul 15»
10
Masked bandit steals hot dogs, cheese at Riverview Circle K store
At about 3:30 a.m. June 29 an employee at Circle K, 12705 Pennsylvania Road, reported that a masked bandit stole two packs of Oscar Meyer ... «Southgate News Herald, Jul 15»

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