circle

Definition

  • noun: a perfectly round shape
  • noun: a closed plane curve every point of which is equidistant from a fixed point within the curve
  • verb: to form a circle around (something)
  • verb: to enclose in or as if in a circle
  • often used figuratively
  • synonyms: ring, alentours, alternate

Examples

  • The company has come up with some new products that will 'run circles around' the competition. [=that will be much better than the competition; that will easily beat the competition]

  • We've been trying to decide how to improve the system, but we just keep 'going around in circles'. [=we are not making any progress toward making a decision]

  • Now that she's back on the stage, her career has 'come/gone full circle'. [=her career began on the stage, and now she has returned to it]

Movie quotes

  • (..) towards the flight deck. What? It calms me. Presenting the world's first round box Sphericus! (CROWD GASPS) Circles can hold dreams! (CROWD CH EERING) How are we gonna get through this crowd? SPHERICUS: Hello. I'm full of dreams! Hey, you guys aren't (..)
    2016 Storks
  • (..) than we will ever understand. You sound like a baby that learned how to talk. I am a baby that learned how to talk! Hey, I want to teach it to walk around in circles - before it lays down. - Yes. Yes. Yes. That's my favorite thing to teach. Don't get too close, you're gonna scare it! (..)
    2016 Storks