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circle
English
Etymology
From Middle English circle, cercle, from Old French cercle and Latin circulus, diminutive of Latin circus (“circle, circus”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (kírkos, “circle, ring”), related to Old English hring (“ring”). Compare also Old English ?ircul (“circle, zodiac”), which came from the same Latin source.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sûr?-k?l, IPA(key): /?s??k?l/
- (UK) IPA(key): [?s??.k??]
- (US) IPA(key): [?s?.k??]
- Rhymes: -??(?)k?l
- Homophone: cercal
- Hyphenation: cir?cle
Noun
circle (plural circles)
- (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
- Synonyms: (not in mathematical use) coil, (not in mathematical use) ring, (not in mathematical use) loop
- A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.
- Synonyms: disc, (in mathematical and general use) disk, (not in mathematical use; UK & Commonwealth only) round
- Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.
- Children, please join hands and form a circle.
- Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
- A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
- A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
- Synonyms: bunch, gang, group
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, […], the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn’t know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles.
- The orbit of an astronomical body.
- (cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match.
- (Wicca) A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the air with a wand or literally with stones or other items used for worship.
- (South Africa) A traffic circle or roundabout.
- (obsolete) Compass; circuit; enclosure.
- (astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.
- A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
- Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain.
- (logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
- 1661, Joseph Glanvill, The Vanity of Dogmatizing
- That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again, that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches nothing.
- 1661, Joseph Glanvill, The Vanity of Dogmatizing
- Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
- Has he given the lie, / In circle, or oblique, or semicircle.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
- A territorial division or district.
- (in the plural) A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.
Derived terms
Related terms
- circular
- circulate
- circus
Descendants
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: sirkil
Translations
Verb
circle (third-person singular simple present circles, present participle circling, simple past and past participle circled)
- (transitive) To travel around along a curved path.
- The wolves circled the herd of deer.
- (transitive) To surround.
- A high fence circles the enclosure.
- 1699, William Dampier, Voyages and Descriptions
- Their heads are circled with a short turban.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Dungeon
- So he lies, circled with evil.
- (transitive) To place or mark a circle around.
- Circle the jobs that you are interested in applying for.
- (intransitive) To travel in circles.
- Vultures circled overhead.
Derived terms
- circle the drain
Translations
Anagrams
- cleric
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party
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??.ti/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /?p??.ti/, [?p????i]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?p?(?)?i/, [?p??(?)?i]
- Rhymes: -??(r)ti
- Hyphenation: par?ty
Etymology 1
From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Medieval Latin part?ta (“a part, party”), from Latin part?ta, feminine of part?tus, past participle of part?r? (“to divide”); see part. Doublet of partita.
Noun
party (plural parties)
- (law) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
- 1612, Sir John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- if the Jury had found that the party slain had been of English race and nation, it had been adjudged felony
- 1612, Sir John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- A person.
- (slang, dated) A person; an individual.
- With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.
- (slang, dated) A person; an individual.
- (now rare in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Ch.6:
- A mile back in the forest the tribe had heard the fierce challenge of the gorilla, and, as was his custom when any danger threatened, Kerchak called his people together, partly for mutual protection against a common enemy, since this gorilla might be but one of a party of several, and also to see that all members of the tribe were accounted for.
- (role-playing games, online gaming) Active player characters organized into a single group.
- (video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Ch.6:
- A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
- "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. […] A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.
- The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
- (military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.
- A group of persons collected or gathered together for some particular purpose.
- A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.
- A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.
- A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
- A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.
- (obsolete) A part or division.
- And so the moost party of the castel that was falle doune thorugh that dolorous stroke laye vpon Pellam and balyn thre dayes.
Synonyms
- (social gathering): bash, do, rave
- See also Thesaurus:party
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ?????? (p?r??)
- ? Japanese: ????? (p?t?)
- ? Korean: ?? (pati)
Translations
Verb
party (third-person singular simple present parties, present participle partying, simple past and past participle partied)
- (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
- We partied until the early hours.
- (intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.
- (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
- (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
- If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
Derived terms
- party down
- party on
Translations
References
- Party (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- party on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle English party, from Old French parti (“parted”), from Latin part?tus (“parted”), past participle of partiri (“to divide”). More at part.
Adjective
party (not comparable)
- (obsolete, except in compounds) Divided; in part.
- (heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.
- an escutcheon party per pale
Derived terms
Further reading
- party in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- party in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- praty, yrapt
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch partij, from Middle Dutch partie, from Old French partie.
Noun
party (plural partye)
- party (group, especially a political one)
Determiner
party
- some, a few
Czech
Alternative forms
- párty
Noun
party f
- party (gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing)
Synonyms
- See ve?írek
Related terms
- See part
Further reading
- party in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
- party in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English party.
Pronunciation
Noun
party f or m (plural party's, diminutive party'tje n)
- party
Synonyms
- feest, fuif
Derived terms
- schuimparty
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English party.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?.ti/
Noun
party m or f (plural parties or partys)
- (Canada) party (social gathering)
Usage notes
party has two genders in French: In Canada, it is a masculine noun, and in France it is a feminine noun.
Derived terms
- garden-party
- party hot-dog
- suicide-party
Further reading
- “party” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English party.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?par.ti/
Noun
party m (invariable)
- party (social gathering)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English party.
Noun
party n (definite singular partyet, indefinite plural party or partyer, definite plural partya or partyene)
- a party (social event)
Synonyms
- fest
References
- “party” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English party.
Noun
party n (definite singular partyet, indefinite plural party, definite plural partya)
- a party (social event)
Synonyms
- fest
References
- “party” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?par.t?/
Participle
party
- masculine singular passive adjectival participle of prze?
Declension
Portuguese
Verb
party
- Obsolete spelling of parti
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English party. Doublet of partida.
Noun
party m (plural partys or parties)
- party
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English party.
Pronunciation
Noun
party n
- party; social gathering
Declension
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