circles
Meaning of circles
plural noun
- a round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the centre).
draw a circle with a compass
- a group of people with a shared profession, interests, or acquaintances.
she did not normally move in such exalted circles
- move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once.
they were circling Athens airport
we circled round the island
Old English, from Old French cercle, from Latin circulus ‘small ring’, diminutive of circus ‘ring’.
Information about circles
- The singular form of circles is: circle.
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Hyphenation of circles
cir-cles
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- circles is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
circles synonyms
Meaning a number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together:
Meaning put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position:
Meaning a small circular band, typically of precious metal and often set with one or more gemstones, worn on a finger as an ornament or a token of marriage, engagement, or authority:
Meaning a commercial business:
Meaning an organized group of people with a common purpose or function:
Meaning a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people:
Meaning a small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them:
Meaning a place with temporary accommodation of huts, tents, or other structures, typically used by soldiers, refugees, or travelling people:
Meaning a collection of people, countries, or groups that combine for mutual protection or cooperation:
Meaning a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics:
Meaning a group of people who are linked by a common interest or activity:
Meaning a flat, thin strip or loop of material, used as a fastener, for reinforcement, or as decoration:
Meaning a group of people associated in some way:
Meaning a group of people, especially young people, who regularly associate together:
Meaning a group of people:
Meaning a small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it:
Meaning a small group of people having a particular task:
Meaning a round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its centre:
Meaning all that relates to a particular sphere of activity:
Meaning a person's social environment:
Meaning a level area surrounded by seating, in which sports, entertainments, and other public events are held:
Meaning an area of territory owned or controlled by a particular ruler or government:
Meaning an organization or club formed for a particular purpose or activity:
Meaning (of a bird or aircraft) fly in a wide circle or curve:
Meaning move in a circular orbit around:
Meaning move or cause to move in a circle round an axis or centre:
Meaning move or cause to move rapidly round and round:
Meaning move in a spiral course:
Meaning move or cause to move rapidly in a circle or spiral:
Meaning sail or travel all the way around (something, especially the world):
Meaning (of a celestial object or spacecraft) move in orbit round (a star or planet):
Meaning walk all the way round (something):
Anagrams of circles
Words that rhyme with circles
Agacles, Heracles, Tabernacles, barnacles, binnacles, bittacles, cenacles, conceptacles, coracles, debacles, eacles, heracles, hibernacles, immanacles, macles, manacles, medrinacles, minimiracles, miracles, obstacles, oracles, pentacles, pinnacles, receptacles, siacles, spectacles, spiracles, superspectacles, tabernacles, tentacles, treacles, unmanacles, vernacles, Eccles, Echecles, siecles, Canticles, Chronicles, Iphicles, Mnesicles, Pericles, Popsicles, adminicles, antiparticles, appendicles, articles, auricles, bernicles, calicles, canticles
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