• movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
• any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal Circles"
• 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"
• street names for flunitrazepan
• a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
• an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
• 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"
• something approximating the shape of a Circle; "the chairs were arranged in a Circle"
• form a Circle around; "enCircle the errors"
• travel around something; "Circle the globe"
• move in Circles
• be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river enCircles the village"

'Circle' in other languages