Definitions for circle

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circle cir·cle

Spelling: [sur-kuh l]

IPA: /ˈsɜr kəl/

Circle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in circle (cceilr).

Definitions for circle

noun

1. a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
2. the portion of a plane bounded by such a curve.
3. any circular or ringlike object, formation, or arrangement:
4. a ring, circlet, or crown.
5. the ring of a circus.
6. a section of seats in a theater:
7. the area within which something acts, exerts influence, etc.; realm; sphere:
8. a series ending where it began, especially when perpetually repeated; cycle:
9. Logic. an argument ostensibly proving a conclusion but actually assuming the conclusion or its equivalent as a premise; vicious circle.
10. a complete series forming a connected whole; cycle:
11. a number of persons bound by a common tie; coterie:
12. Government. an administrative division, especially of a province.
13. Geography. a parallel of latitude.
14. Astronomy. (formerly) the orbit of a heavenly body. meridian circle.
15. Surveying. a glass or metal disk mounted concentrically with the spindle of a theodolite or level and graduated so that the angle at which the alidade is set may be read.
16. a sphere or orb:
17. a ring of light in the sky; halo.

Idioms

1. circle the wagons, (in the early U.S. West) to form the wagons of a covered-wagon train into a circle for defensive purposes, as against Indian attack. Slang. to prepare for an all-out, unaided defensive fight:

verb (used with object)

1. to enclose in a circle; surround; encircle:
2. to move in a circle or circuit around; rotate or revolve around:
3. to change course so as to pass by or avoid collision with; bypass; evade:

verb (used without object)

1. to move in a circle or circuit:
2. Movies, Television. to iris (usually followed by in or out).

Origin of circle

before 1000; Latin circulus, equivalent to circ(us) (see circus) + -ulus -ule; replacing Middle English cercle Old French Latin, as above; r

Examples for circle

He sat in the midst of a circle of lamplighters, and was the cacique, or chief of the tribe.

I've run in a circle, Allister, and now I'm back to make one of you, if you still want me.

Cast of beloved musical classes up mass transit with a capella ‘circle of Life’

Such questions were always a signal for an unlocking of tongues around the circle.

We arrange ourselves in a circle on metal foldout chairs and a futon.

It caused people to drive around all night in a circle, and not eat.

And then, by chance, the circle of Andy's sight embraced the body of a horseman.

Not before long, I think about four cops went up to the circle and just grabbed a few of the people from behind.

When we get to the circle of 'em, because they're all round the cabin, we'll drive at 'em together.

In “Back Home,” Gil also revisits the nostalgia for the South explored in his Johns Hopkins thesis, “circle of Stone.”