circuit
noun
an act or instance of going or moving around.
circuited
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past participleof circuit.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof circuit.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
circuitnounan act or instance of going or moving around.
Example Sentences
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For centuries, even millennia, people learned songs through the oral tradition, which has been short circuited by the advent of electronic media and inexpensive print communications, in just the last century.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2016
She shows no bitterness about the turn of events that short circuited her diplomatic trajectory.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2014
Their invention, Roominate, offers girls the experience of building a working circuited dollhouse in pastel colors.
From Time ● Nov. 27, 2013
Wouldn’t that have short- circuited, say, the return of Steve Jobs to Apple?
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 30, 2011
If the lights had become short- circuited with the bath, that might have thrown a current into the bath.
From The War Terror by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
