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[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun circle has 8 senses

1. circle(n = noun.shape) - 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"
Derived form adjective circular₁

2. circle(n = noun.group) band, lot, set - an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"

3. circle(n = noun.shape) - something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle"
Derived form verb circle₃

4. circle(n = noun.act) circuit, lap - movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
Derived form verb circle₁, verb circle₂, adjective circular₂, verb circulate₅

5. circle(n = noun.artifact) rotary, roundabout, traffic circle - a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"

6. circle(n = noun.artifact) forget me drug, mexican valium, r-2, roach, roofy, rope, rophy - street names for flunitrazepan;

7. circle(n = noun.artifact) dress circle - 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"

8. circle(n = noun.artifact) round - any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"
Derived form adjective circular₂, verb circulate₅

Verb circle has 3 senses

1. circle(v = verb.motion) - travel around something; "circle the globe"
Derived form noun circle₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2. circle(v = verb.motion) circulate - move in circles;
Derived form noun circle₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Something ----s

3. circle(v = verb.contact) encircle - form a circle around; "encircle the errors"
Derived form noun circle₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

circle, n. Array

1. 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. [1913 Webster]

2. The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring. [1913 Webster]

3. An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle. [1913 Webster]

4. A round body; a sphere; an orb. [1913 Webster]

5. Compass; circuit; inclosure. [1913 Webster]

6. A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set. [1913 Webster]

7. A circular group of persons; a ring. [1913 Webster]

8. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself. [1913 Webster]

9. A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning. [1913 Webster]

10. Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [1913 Webster]

11. A territorial division or district. [1913 Webster]

Azimuth circle. See under Azimuth. -- Circle of altitude (Astron.), a circle parallel to the horizon, having its pole in the zenith; an almucantar. -- Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve (Below). -- Circle of declination. See under Declination. -- Circle of latitude. (a) (Astron.) A great circle perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic, passing through its poles. (b) (Spherical Projection) A small circle of the sphere whose plane is perpendicular to the axis. -- Circles of longitude, lesser circles parallel to the ecliptic, diminishing as they recede from it. -- Circle of perpetual apparition, at any given place, the boundary of that space around the elevated pole, within which the stars never set. Its distance from the pole is equal to the latitude of the place. -- Circle of perpetual occultation, at any given place, the boundary of the space around the depressed pole, within which the stars never rise. -- Circle of the sphere, a circle upon the surface of the sphere, called a great circle when its plane passes through the center of the sphere; in all other cases, a small circle. -- Diurnal circle. See under Diurnal. -- Dress circle, a gallery in a theater, generally the one containing the prominent and more expensive seats. -- Druidical circles (Eng. Antiq.), a popular name for certain ancient inclosures formed by rude stones circularly arranged, as at Stonehenge, near Salisbury. -- Family circle, a gallery in a theater, usually one containing inexpensive seats. -- Horary circles (Dialing), the lines on dials which show the hours. -- Osculating circle of a curve (Geom.), the circle which touches the curve at some point in the curve, and close to the point more nearly coincides with the curve than any other circle. This circle is used as a measure of the curvature of the curve at the point, and hence is called circle of curvature. -- Pitch circle. See under Pitch. -- Vertical circle, an azimuth circle. -- Voltaic circuit or Voltaic circle. See under Circuit. -- To square the circle. See under Square.
Syn. -- Ring; circlet; compass; circuit; inclosure.

circle, v. t. Array

1. To move around; to revolve around. [1913 Webster]

2. To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle. Prior. Pope. [1913 Webster]

To circle in, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as, to circle bodies in. Sir K. Digby.

circle, v. i.

To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate. [1913 Webster]

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

circle, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a round plane figure whose circumference is everywhere equidistant from its centre. b the line enclosing a circle.
2 a roundish enclosure or structure.
3 a ring.
4 a curved upper tier of seats in a theatre etc. (dress circle).
5 a circular route.
6 Archaeol. a group of (usu. large embedded) stones arranged in a circle.
7 Hockey = striking-circle.
8 persons grouped round a centre of interest.
9 a set or class or restricted group (literary circles; not done in the best circles).
10 a period or cycle (the circle of the year).
11 (in full vicious circle) a an unbroken sequence of reciprocal cause and effect. b an action and reaction that intensify each other (cf. virtuous circle). c the fallacy of proving a proposition from another which depends on the first for its own proof.
--v.
1 intr. (often foll. by round, about) move in a circle.
2 tr. a revolve round. b form a circle round.

Idiom:
circle back move in a wide loop towards the starting-point. come full circle return to the starting-point. go round in circles make no progress despite effort. great (or small) circle a circle on the surface of a sphere whose plane passes (or does not pass) through the sphere's centre. run round in circles colloq. be fussily busy with little result.

Derivative:
circler n.

Etymology:
ME f. OF cercle f. L circulus dimin. of circus ring

[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Party

N party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx, family, clan, team, tong, council, community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity, confraternity, familistere, familistery, brotherhood, sisterhood, knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd, coterie, club, casino, machine, Tammany, Tammany Hall, corporation, corporate body, guild, establishment, company, copartnership, partnership, firm, house, joint concern, joint-stock company, cahoot, combine, trust, society, association, institute, institution, union, trades union, league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination, Turnverein, league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive, coalition, federation, confederation, confederacy, junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue, freemasonry, party spirit, Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar, Kuklux, Kuklux Klan, KKK, Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs staff, dramatis personae, in league, in partnership, in alliance, bonded together, banded together, linked, joined together, embattled, confederated, federative, joint, hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat.

Region

N region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle, reservation, pale, compartment, department, clearing, (property) &c 780 (Government), 1 arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march, patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court, enclave, reserve, preserve, street, clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude, biosphere, lithosphere, territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.

Circularity

N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.