Noun
She drew a circle around the correct answer.
We formed a circle around the campfire.
He looked old and tired, with dark circles under his eyes.
She has a large circle of friends.
She is well-known in banking circles. Verb
He circled his arms around his wife's waist.
His arms circled around his wife's waist.
She circled the correct answer.
The pilot circled the airport before landing.
The halfback circled to the left.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The pair's respective siblings joined them at the altar, as their small circle of guests — all dressed in black — looked on.—Staff Author, Peoplemag, 8 July 2024 Acknowledge their shortcomings but notice their circle and vote accordingly.—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 July 2024
Verb
Around 10,000 satellites silently circle the Earth, hundreds of miles above, with many of them coming from the U.S., and Starlink now accounts for the majority of those.—Ramin Skibba, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2024 The tour first launched in Europe last June and circled North America from July through early October last year, and this February, Pink embarked on a new leg of the tour in Australia and New Zealand.—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for circle
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Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English cercle, from Anglo-French, from Latin circulus, diminutive of circus circle, circus, from or akin to Greek krikos, kirkos ring; akin to Old English hring ring — more at ring
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