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English to English noun
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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 |  | Example: he calculated the circumference of the circle
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an unofficial association of people or groups | | Example: the smart set goes there
they were an angry lot
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something approximating the shape of a circle | | Example: the chairs were arranged in a circle
source: wordnet30
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movement once around a course | | Example: he drove an extra lap just for insurance
source: wordnet30
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a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island | | Example: the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary
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street names for flunitrazepan | | source: wordnet30
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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 | | Example: they had excellent seats in the dress circle
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any circular or rotating mechanism | | Example: the machine punched out metal circles
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A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center. | | source: webster1913 verb
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travel around something | | Example: circle the globe
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move in circles | | source: wordnet30
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form a circle around | | Example: encircle the errors
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To move around; to revolve around. | | source: webster1913
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To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate. | | source: webster1913
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