circular
moving in or forming a circle or a circuit: the circular rotation of the earth.
moving or occurring in a cycle or round: the circular succession of the seasons.
roundabout; indirect; circuitous: a circular route.
Logic. of or relating to reasoning in which the conclusion is ostensibly proved, but in actuality it or its equivalent has been assumed as a premise.
pertaining to a circle or set of persons.
(of a letter, memorandum, etc.) addressed to a number of persons or intended for general circulation.
Also circ [surk] /sɜrk/ . a letter, advertisement, notice, or statement for circulation among the general public.
Origin of circular
1Other words for circular
Other words from circular
- cir·cu·lar·i·ty [sur-kyuh-lar-i-tee], /ˌsɜr kyəˈlær ɪ ti/, cir·cu·lar·ness, noun
- cir·cu·lar·ly, adverb
- non·cir·cu·lar, adjective
- non·cir·cu·lar·ly, adverb
- sub·cir·cu·lar, adjective
- sub·cir·cu·lar·ly, adverb
- un·cir·cu·lar, adjective
- un·cir·cu·lar·ly, adverb
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How to use circular in a sentence
In the future, as the world moves to renewable natural gas production from waste, he envisions the potential of a potentially circular hydrogen economy.
A startup using a new tech to make hydrogen extracts cash from Bill Gates’ climate tech fund | Jonathan Shieber | February 9, 2021 | TechCrunchThe circular follows a 2017 warning issued by the bank against the use of cryptocurrencies.
The latest move by Nigeria’s Central Bank aims to burst the country’s cryptocurrency bubble | Tolu Olasoji | February 9, 2021 | QuartzOn some surfaces, like a circular disk or a sphere, any loop can shrink down to a single point.
The city drew up a “circular strategy” combining the doughnut’s goals with the principles of a “circular economy,” which reduces, reuses and recycles materials across consumer goods, building materials and food.
Amsterdam Is Embracing a Radical New Economic Theory to Help Save the Environment. Could It Also Replace Capitalism? | Ciara Nugent | January 22, 2021 | TimeShe was guaranteed to hit the circular target, which had no subdivisions — it was just one big circle.
Steve Garth, who works in circular Quay, was inside the Cartier jewelry store near the café when the siege began.
Jihadi Siege in Sydney Ends in Gunfight | Courtney Subramanian, Lennox Samuels, Chris Allbritton | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the background, you can see two movers rolling out a large, circular blue ISIS sign.
‘Archer’ Drops ISIS: The FX Series Dumps the Spy Org’s Name in Light of Recent Events | Marlow Stern | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe start to argue some points but they are overly defensive and their answers are circular.
The dugout was covered with semi-circular sheets of corrugated iron, forming a vaulted roof.
Life Under Air Strikes: Children Under Fire Will Never Forget — or Forgive | Clive Irving | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe uses a spatula to flatten the onions and the meat together, creating a broad circular patty with an uneven edge.
The road descended on the other side, and we followed it till we came unexpectedly upon a little circular park.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayHer eye fastened on a circular portion of the wall-paper pattern, and she felt that the whole room was revolving about her.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettYou see, all the swells sat in their boxes and gazed right down on the dancers, who had a circular place roped off for them.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayIn the nine differently colored circular tracks, rolled little globes representing the planets.
Fee of the Frontier | Horace Brown FyfeThe sound holes may have been traced down and even the upper and lower circular holes bored.
Antonio Stradivari | Horace William Petherick
British Dictionary definitions for circular
/ (ˈsɜːkjʊlə) /
of, involving, resembling, or shaped like a circle
circuitous
(of arguments) futile because the truth of the premises cannot be established independently of the conclusion
travelling or occurring in a cycle
(of letters, announcements, etc) intended for general distribution
a printed or duplicated advertisement or notice for mass distribution
Derived forms of circular
- circularity (ˌsɜːkjʊˈlærɪtɪ) or circularness, noun
- circularly, adverb
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