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UK
/sˈɜːkəl/
]
[ US /ˈsɝkəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɝkəɫ/ ]
NOUN
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an unofficial association of people or groups
they were an angry lot
the smart set goes there - street names for flunitrazepan
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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 -
a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary -
movement once around a course
he drove an extra lap just for insurance -
any circular or rotating mechanism
the machine punched out metal circles -
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 -
something approximating the shape of a circle
the chairs were arranged in a circle
VERB
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travel around something
circle the globe -
form or draw a circle around
encircle the errors -
move in a circular path above (someone or something)
the plane circled, looking for a landing spot
How To Use circle In A Sentence
- When Modin scored from the right circle to make it 3-0, it looked bleak for the Devils, who rallied from one-goal deficits twice before winning Game 2 in overtime. USATODAY.com - Tampa Bay creeps closer to New Jersey with 4-3 win
- I'm sat in one of those chairs with a little side table to rest your notebook on, arranged in a semicircle in a darkened room.
- I usually sqirt a drop or two on the front and back of my boots, and a few drops on a wick around the stand. i never used the buck pee though. i have used a couple of tarsal glands from a buck that my friend killed. had small buck circle the tree i hung it from a couple times. When to use What deer pee?
- I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein
- What you want to do is minimise dark circles and brighten the eye area. Times, Sunday Times
- This is the second Mercator chart showing Lindbergh's route as a series of 500 mile-long loxodromes approximating the great circle route from New York to Paris.
- In partisan Republican circles, the pursuit of voter fraud is code for suppressing the votes of minorities and poor people. Archive 2007-03-01
- Therefore, the hexagon lies on a circle centered at the incenter of that triangle.
- The orbit of the earth (or the circle which the sun seems to describe round the earth), is called the ecliptic, which is divided into twelve equal parts, called signs, and are distinguished by the following names and marks, [again, the symbols for the signs can be seen in the A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses
- Great Alardyce is indeed of the same generation as Carlyle, Harriet Martineau numbering as a member of both eminent men's circles.
