Definition of circular in English:

circular

adjective ˈsəːkjʊləˈsərkjələr

1Having the form of a circle.
圆形的，环形的
the building features a circular atrium
这所建筑以环形门廊为特色。
Example sentencesExamples
- The restaurant's gimmick is a circular aquarium, behind 10 ft-high glass surrounding diners.
- The pendant was circular, and within the circle was a tree with a sun in the corner.
- From now on, pizza will just be a circular abomination we order out of desperation, when there isn't time to make anything good.
- One of the show homes features a circular staircase and upstairs gallery.
- The centrepiece of the large interior is a circular bar, presumably there to make it possible to have a drink while waiting for a table.
- Most Iranian intersections have a large circular island in the middle.
- Surrounding the circle will be a circular grass mound, carpeted in bluebells.
- Other churches worth visiting include the splendid cathedral and the beautiful baroque circular church of St Clemens, built between 1745 and 1753.
- My front garden is terraced with a paved circle, in the middle of which is a circular bed.
- My first new belt in about seven years was a hand-painted creation with two rows of large circular holes running all the way round it.
- A series of circular markers bearing Ralph's Cross, the park's symbol, have gone missing in recent weeks.
- Bottle labels, stationery, pump clips and exterior hotel signage feature a new circular design.
- A circular brick island rises up in the centre of the roundabout.
- Its outer circular wall was transformed internally into a square.
- It had a circular driveway, and in the center was a small circle of grass with several beautiful rose bushes growing on it.
- Its circular shape invokes the tradition of associating circles with regeneration and wholeness.
- The most striking design element of the atrium is the circular stair that turns 180 degrees between floors.
- With old stone collected from derelict cottages on the edge of the village they built a circular garden.
- Recent donations include the purchase of picnic tables, a circular seat round the willow tree by the lake, and benches in the park.
- Iranian leaders wear black or white turbans wrapped in a flat, circular style.
Synonyms
round, disc-shaped, disc-like
ring-shaped, hoop-shaped, hoop-like, annular
technical cycloidal, discoid, discoidal
1. 1.1 (of a movement or journey) starting and finishing at the same place and often following roughly the circumference of an imaginary circle.
  （活动，旅行）循环的，环绕一圈的
  a circular walk
  环程散步。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He said that he was interested in learning the circular movements of aikido.
  Round and round she went, her circular flightpath growing ever bigger.
  I took me just short of six hours to complete the circular route back into Middlesmoor.
  The longest circular route may take more than two-and-a-half hours.
  The narrative is quite circular, in that the first and final scenes are very similar.
  What should be a 10 minute walk from their home to a nearby park has turned into an hour-long three-mile circular hike.
  The biting surfaces of the teeth should be brushed in circular motion.
  Orbits not being exactly circular, the minimum distances can range from 56 million km to 101 million km.
  Apply to the skin in circular movements paying particular attention to your knees, feet and elbows or any dry patches.
  For him, the journey of his young adulthood was a futile circular movement.
  The overall look of the Cuban salsa should be sensuous and fluid, with the dancers moving around each other and the floor in circular movements.
  You should be making circular motions with your index fingers round your temples.
  The company also removed its 651 and 647 buses which used to run in a circular route.
  We explored the mountains on a circular tour, walking every other day to a new camp.
  The local Rangers attempt to cram as much of the area into a 10 km jaunt as they can, with a circular walk to Carbeth.
  This last leg in our circular walk takes us across his farm.
  He said there should also be a circular walk giving greater access to the riverside.
  She followed the perpetually circular movement of the revolving doors, stepping out onto Kyanka Street.
  The five-mile sponsored walk will take a circular route between Baildon Moor and Faweather Grange on Ilkley Moor.
  It has recommended a string of proposals, including a new circular bus service in the area.
2Logic
(of an argument) already containing an assumption of what is to be proved, and therefore fallacious.
〔逻〕（论点）因包含待证假设因而是谬误的，（使用）循环论证的
the reality of standard English rests on the circular argument that that is good which good users use
Example sentencesExamples
- These estimates can be highly biased and produce a circular argument.
- This is a circular argument: we read into the historical record what we want to see clearly.
- Such a circular argument, which relies on its own suppositions as proof, can be used to justify anything.
- This is a classic circular argument, in which the conclusion is already present in the premise.
- This argument clearly is circular, because science is to tell us what is to be considered legitimate science.
3attributive (of a letter or advertisement) for distribution to a large number of people.
（信件，广告）供流传的
a circular letter was sent asking for support
Example sentencesExamples
- He sent a circular letter to numerous legal practices in Scotland, asking various questions about the firms' knowledge of him.
- A circular letter was then sent by post to all past and present serving members.
- Further investigations revealed the powder was coming from an A4 size envelope containing a circular leaflet.
- Regular visitors may remember my organisation's facilities team who recently sent a circular email to over 200 people because a paper napkin had gone missing.
- The vision was made concrete in a circular letter, addressed to EU partners.
- He put the circular letter in the rubbish bin.
- Other workers got phone calls from colleagues or discovered a circular letter informing them of the closedown.
- Rules for adoption had been set out in a circular letter which was received by the applicants.
- This can function as a circular letter to people who want to know what I'm up to, although I don't write it for that reason.
- This is the same facilities team who refused to send a circular email when my car was dented in the office car park!
- Jung issued a circular letter to all members firmly stating the principle that The International Society is neutral as to politics and creed.

noun ˈsəːkjʊləˈsərkjələr

A letter or advertisement which is distributed to a large number of people.
（信件，广告）供流传的
I received a circular from a building society
Example sentencesExamples
- Details of the restructuring plan are expected to be included in the circular being sent to all shareholders in the next two weeks.
- A circular was sent to every household in the parish after the failed meetings.
- The authorities issued a detailed circular warning of the need to take stringent safety precautions.
- His strategy was to mobilize church members by distributing circulars at mass.
- The company prints one advertising circular a year.
- At both Malton and York, we shall be sending round a circular asking farmers to let us know what stock they have available and wish to sell.
- Anyone who knows me well will know how much I loathe email circulars and chain letters.
- The full extent of FIFA's stance was revealed in a circular sent out yesterday to all national associations and will apply immediately.
- A circular was sent out to union members, instructing them not to participate in the strike.
- We sent a circular to the shopowners asking them not to park their cars on Brigade Road.
- But personally I'd prefer a letter - even if it was a circular - telling me what has happened to the sender and his/her family since the last communication.
- Below is an email that was sent as a circular around the entire university email system, proving just how mush of an important issue parking is!
- The city health authority distributed circulars to hospitals to prepare for a possible dengue fever outbreak.
- The Monetary Authority sent banks a circular recommending they use a second type of identification to protect customers using Internet banking transactions.
- A circular sent to members of the exclusive club said the newer building was ‘a useful annexe’.
- It has sent a circular asking residents to give their opinion on what sort of development they want to see on the site.
- The Mambalam police station sent a circular to all Internet cafes in the area with a few directions as to usage.
- We have sent out a circular calling for donations and regular collections.
- A circular has been distributed to all homes in the town offering various novel ideas on how to support the project.
- He goes through the advertising circulars and researches whether better prices are available anywhere else.
Synonyms
leaflet, pamphlet, handbill
flyer, advertisement, notice
North American mailer, folder
North American &amp Australian dodger

Derivatives

circularity

noun səːkjəˈlarətiˌsərkjəˈlɛrədi

The conversation was taking on the kind of circularity I've experienced in arguments with religious zealots.
Example sentencesExamples
- There is a troubling circularity to the country's economic policymaking.
- Hawa's own life is a series of funny and fantastic escapades, with a marked quality of circularity.
- Does all of this mean that there is a kind of fatal circularity in neuroscience - that the brain necessarily uses itself to study itself?
- His narrative has a circularity that makes the reader's head spin.

circularly

adverb

The new materials emit nearly perfect circularly polarized light - the kind necessary to create 3D displays and striking color images.
Example sentencesExamples
- The script's structure, like a web, is constructed circularly and as we wind our way closer to its center, we begin to pass recurring locales, faces, and feelings.
- Post-structuralism usually allows no appeal to a reality outside language; it sees every discourse as circularly self-confirming.
- A battalion of police cars was approaching, their sirens flashing circularly, speeding up along the deserted highway.
- Block concludes that consciousness cannot be defined other than circularly, via rough synonyms (‘awareness,’ etc.) or ostensively, through examples.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French circulier, from late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus 'small ring' (see circle).

Rhymes

semicircular, tubercular

Definition of circular in US English:

circular

(also cir., circ.)

adjectiveˈsərkjələrˈsərkyələr

1Having the form of a circle.
圆形的，环形的
the building features a circular atrium
这所建筑以环形门廊为特色。
Example sentencesExamples
- Surrounding the circle will be a circular grass mound, carpeted in bluebells.
- A series of circular markers bearing Ralph's Cross, the park's symbol, have gone missing in recent weeks.
- Bottle labels, stationery, pump clips and exterior hotel signage feature a new circular design.
- With old stone collected from derelict cottages on the edge of the village they built a circular garden.
- The most striking design element of the atrium is the circular stair that turns 180 degrees between floors.
- One of the show homes features a circular staircase and upstairs gallery.
- Iranian leaders wear black or white turbans wrapped in a flat, circular style.
- Recent donations include the purchase of picnic tables, a circular seat round the willow tree by the lake, and benches in the park.
- Other churches worth visiting include the splendid cathedral and the beautiful baroque circular church of St Clemens, built between 1745 and 1753.
- The centrepiece of the large interior is a circular bar, presumably there to make it possible to have a drink while waiting for a table.
- My first new belt in about seven years was a hand-painted creation with two rows of large circular holes running all the way round it.
- My front garden is terraced with a paved circle, in the middle of which is a circular bed.
- A circular brick island rises up in the centre of the roundabout.
- It had a circular driveway, and in the center was a small circle of grass with several beautiful rose bushes growing on it.
- Most Iranian intersections have a large circular island in the middle.
- The pendant was circular, and within the circle was a tree with a sun in the corner.
- From now on, pizza will just be a circular abomination we order out of desperation, when there isn't time to make anything good.
- Its circular shape invokes the tradition of associating circles with regeneration and wholeness.
- The restaurant's gimmick is a circular aquarium, behind 10 ft-high glass surrounding diners.
- Its outer circular wall was transformed internally into a square.
Synonyms
round, disc-shaped, disc-like
1. 1.1 (of a movement or journey) starting and finishing at the same place and often following roughly the circumference of an imaginary circle.
  （活动，旅行）循环的，环绕一圈的
  a circular walk
  环程散步。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We explored the mountains on a circular tour, walking every other day to a new camp.
  She followed the perpetually circular movement of the revolving doors, stepping out onto Kyanka Street.
  The company also removed its 651 and 647 buses which used to run in a circular route.
  The overall look of the Cuban salsa should be sensuous and fluid, with the dancers moving around each other and the floor in circular movements.
  The five-mile sponsored walk will take a circular route between Baildon Moor and Faweather Grange on Ilkley Moor.
  This last leg in our circular walk takes us across his farm.
  Apply to the skin in circular movements paying particular attention to your knees, feet and elbows or any dry patches.
  What should be a 10 minute walk from their home to a nearby park has turned into an hour-long three-mile circular hike.
  You should be making circular motions with your index fingers round your temples.
  The narrative is quite circular, in that the first and final scenes are very similar.
  I took me just short of six hours to complete the circular route back into Middlesmoor.
  Round and round she went, her circular flightpath growing ever bigger.
  For him, the journey of his young adulthood was a futile circular movement.
  The local Rangers attempt to cram as much of the area into a 10 km jaunt as they can, with a circular walk to Carbeth.
  It has recommended a string of proposals, including a new circular bus service in the area.
  He said that he was interested in learning the circular movements of aikido.
  The biting surfaces of the teeth should be brushed in circular motion.
  The longest circular route may take more than two-and-a-half hours.
  Orbits not being exactly circular, the minimum distances can range from 56 million km to 101 million km.
  He said there should also be a circular walk giving greater access to the riverside.
2Logic
(of an argument) already containing an assumption of what is to be proved, and therefore fallacious.
〔逻〕（论点）因包含待证假设因而是谬误的，（使用）循环论证的
Example sentencesExamples
- This argument clearly is circular, because science is to tell us what is to be considered legitimate science.
- This is a classic circular argument, in which the conclusion is already present in the premise.
- This is a circular argument: we read into the historical record what we want to see clearly.
- These estimates can be highly biased and produce a circular argument.
- Such a circular argument, which relies on its own suppositions as proof, can be used to justify anything.
3attributive (of a letter or advertisement) for distribution to a large number of people.
（信件，广告）供流传的
Example sentencesExamples
- Further investigations revealed the powder was coming from an A4 size envelope containing a circular leaflet.
- Regular visitors may remember my organisation's facilities team who recently sent a circular email to over 200 people because a paper napkin had gone missing.
- This can function as a circular letter to people who want to know what I'm up to, although I don't write it for that reason.
- Jung issued a circular letter to all members firmly stating the principle that The International Society is neutral as to politics and creed.
- A circular letter was then sent by post to all past and present serving members.
- He put the circular letter in the rubbish bin.
- The vision was made concrete in a circular letter, addressed to EU partners.
- Other workers got phone calls from colleagues or discovered a circular letter informing them of the closedown.
- This is the same facilities team who refused to send a circular email when my car was dented in the office car park!
- Rules for adoption had been set out in a circular letter which was received by the applicants.
- He sent a circular letter to numerous legal practices in Scotland, asking various questions about the firms' knowledge of him.

nounˈsərkjələrˈsərkyələr

A letter or advertisement which is distributed to a large number of people.
（信件，广告）供流传的
Example sentencesExamples
- The authorities issued a detailed circular warning of the need to take stringent safety precautions.
- He goes through the advertising circulars and researches whether better prices are available anywhere else.
- The full extent of FIFA's stance was revealed in a circular sent out yesterday to all national associations and will apply immediately.
- But personally I'd prefer a letter - even if it was a circular - telling me what has happened to the sender and his/her family since the last communication.
- Details of the restructuring plan are expected to be included in the circular being sent to all shareholders in the next two weeks.
- The city health authority distributed circulars to hospitals to prepare for a possible dengue fever outbreak.
- Below is an email that was sent as a circular around the entire university email system, proving just how mush of an important issue parking is!
- We have sent out a circular calling for donations and regular collections.
- Anyone who knows me well will know how much I loathe email circulars and chain letters.
- We sent a circular to the shopowners asking them not to park their cars on Brigade Road.
- The Mambalam police station sent a circular to all Internet cafes in the area with a few directions as to usage.
- A circular sent to members of the exclusive club said the newer building was ‘a useful annexe’.
- The company prints one advertising circular a year.
- A circular has been distributed to all homes in the town offering various novel ideas on how to support the project.
- At both Malton and York, we shall be sending round a circular asking farmers to let us know what stock they have available and wish to sell.
- His strategy was to mobilize church members by distributing circulars at mass.
- A circular was sent to every household in the parish after the failed meetings.
- A circular was sent out to union members, instructing them not to participate in the strike.
- It has sent a circular asking residents to give their opinion on what sort of development they want to see on the site.
- The Monetary Authority sent banks a circular recommending they use a second type of identification to protect customers using Internet banking transactions.
Synonyms
leaflet, pamphlet, handbill

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French circulier, from late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus ‘small ring’ (see circle).

词汇	circular
释义	Definition of circular in English: circular adjective ˈsəːkjʊləˈsərkjələr 1Having the form of a circle. 圆形的，环形的 the building features a circular atrium 这所建筑以环形门廊为特色。 Example sentencesExamples The restaurant's gimmick is a circular aquarium, behind 10 ft-high glass surrounding diners. The pendant was circular, and within the circle was a tree with a sun in the corner. From now on, pizza will just be a circular abomination we order out of desperation, when there isn't time to make anything good. One of the show homes features a circular staircase and upstairs gallery. The centrepiece of the large interior is a circular bar, presumably there to make it possible to have a drink while waiting for a table. Most Iranian intersections have a large circular island in the middle. Surrounding the circle will be a circular grass mound, carpeted in bluebells. Other churches worth visiting include the splendid cathedral and the beautiful baroque circular church of St Clemens, built between 1745 and 1753. My front garden is terraced with a paved circle, in the middle of which is a circular bed. My first new belt in about seven years was a hand-painted creation with two rows of large circular holes running all the way round it. A series of circular markers bearing Ralph's Cross, the park's symbol, have gone missing in recent weeks. Bottle labels, stationery, pump clips and exterior hotel signage feature a new circular design. A circular brick island rises up in the centre of the roundabout. Its outer circular wall was transformed internally into a square. It had a circular driveway, and in the center was a small circle of grass with several beautiful rose bushes growing on it. Its circular shape invokes the tradition of associating circles with regeneration and wholeness. The most striking design element of the atrium is the circular stair that turns 180 degrees between floors. With old stone collected from derelict cottages on the edge of the village they built a circular garden. Recent donations include the purchase of picnic tables, a circular seat round the willow tree by the lake, and benches in the park. Iranian leaders wear black or white turbans wrapped in a flat, circular style. Synonyms round, disc-shaped, disc-like ring-shaped, hoop-shaped, hoop-like, annular technical cycloidal, discoid, discoidal 1.1 (of a movement or journey) starting and finishing at the same place and often following roughly the circumference of an imaginary circle. （活动，旅行）循环的，环绕一圈的 a circular walk 环程散步。 Example sentencesExamples He said that he was interested in learning the circular movements of aikido. Round and round she went, her circular flightpath growing ever bigger. I took me just short of six hours to complete the circular route back into Middlesmoor. The longest circular route may take more than two-and-a-half hours. The narrative is quite circular, in that the first and final scenes are very similar. What should be a 10 minute walk from their home to a nearby park has turned into an hour-long three-mile circular hike. The biting surfaces of the teeth should be brushed in circular motion. Orbits not being exactly circular, the minimum distances can range from 56 million km to 101 million km. Apply to the skin in circular movements paying particular attention to your knees, feet and elbows or any dry patches. For him, the journey of his young adulthood was a futile circular movement. The overall look of the Cuban salsa should be sensuous and fluid, with the dancers moving around each other and the floor in circular movements. You should be making circular motions with your index fingers round your temples. The company also removed its 651 and 647 buses which used to run in a circular route. We explored the mountains on a circular tour, walking every other day to a new camp. The local Rangers attempt to cram as much of the area into a 10 km jaunt as they can, with a circular walk to Carbeth. This last leg in our circular walk takes us across his farm. He said there should also be a circular walk giving greater access to the riverside. She followed the perpetually circular movement of the revolving doors, stepping out onto Kyanka Street. The five-mile sponsored walk will take a circular route between Baildon Moor and Faweather Grange on Ilkley Moor. It has recommended a string of proposals, including a new circular bus service in the area. 2Logic (of an argument) already containing an assumption of what is to be proved, and therefore fallacious. 〔逻〕（论点）因包含待证假设因而是谬误的，（使用）循环论证的 the reality of standard English rests on the circular argument that that is good which good users use Example sentencesExamples These estimates can be highly biased and produce a circular argument. This is a circular argument: we read into the historical record what we want to see clearly. Such a circular argument, which relies on its own suppositions as proof, can be used to justify anything. This is a classic circular argument, in which the conclusion is already present in the premise. This argument clearly is circular, because science is to tell us what is to be considered legitimate science. 3attributive (of a letter or advertisement) for distribution to a large number of people. （信件，广告）供流传的 a circular letter was sent asking for support Example sentencesExamples He sent a circular letter to numerous legal practices in Scotland, asking various questions about the firms' knowledge of him. A circular letter was then sent by post to all past and present serving members. Further investigations revealed the powder was coming from an A4 size envelope containing a circular leaflet. Regular visitors may remember my organisation's facilities team who recently sent a circular email to over 200 people because a paper napkin had gone missing. The vision was made concrete in a circular letter, addressed to EU partners. He put the circular letter in the rubbish bin. Other workers got phone calls from colleagues or discovered a circular letter informing them of the closedown. Rules for adoption had been set out in a circular letter which was received by the applicants. This can function as a circular letter to people who want to know what I'm up to, although I don't write it for that reason. This is the same facilities team who refused to send a circular email when my car was dented in the office car park! Jung issued a circular letter to all members firmly stating the principle that The International Society is neutral as to politics and creed. noun ˈsəːkjʊləˈsərkjələr A letter or advertisement which is distributed to a large number of people. （信件，广告）供流传的 I received a circular from a building society Example sentencesExamples Details of the restructuring plan are expected to be included in the circular being sent to all shareholders in the next two weeks. A circular was sent to every household in the parish after the failed meetings. The authorities issued a detailed circular warning of the need to take stringent safety precautions. His strategy was to mobilize church members by distributing circulars at mass. The company prints one advertising circular a year. At both Malton and York, we shall be sending round a circular asking farmers to let us know what stock they have available and wish to sell. Anyone who knows me well will know how much I loathe email circulars and chain letters. The full extent of FIFA's stance was revealed in a circular sent out yesterday to all national associations and will apply immediately. A circular was sent out to union members, instructing them not to participate in the strike. We sent a circular to the shopowners asking them not to park their cars on Brigade Road. But personally I'd prefer a letter - even if it was a circular - telling me what has happened to the sender and his/her family since the last communication. Below is an email that was sent as a circular around the entire university email system, proving just how mush of an important issue parking is! The city health authority distributed circulars to hospitals to prepare for a possible dengue fever outbreak. The Monetary Authority sent banks a circular recommending they use a second type of identification to protect customers using Internet banking transactions. A circular sent to members of the exclusive club said the newer building was ‘a useful annexe’. It has sent a circular asking residents to give their opinion on what sort of development they want to see on the site. The Mambalam police station sent a circular to all Internet cafes in the area with a few directions as to usage. We have sent out a circular calling for donations and regular collections. A circular has been distributed to all homes in the town offering various novel ideas on how to support the project. He goes through the advertising circulars and researches whether better prices are available anywhere else. Synonyms leaflet, pamphlet, handbill flyer, advertisement, notice North American mailer, folder North American &amp Australian dodger Derivatives circularity noun səːkjəˈlarətiˌsərkjəˈlɛrədi The conversation was taking on the kind of circularity I've experienced in arguments with religious zealots. Example sentencesExamples There is a troubling circularity to the country's economic policymaking. Hawa's own life is a series of funny and fantastic escapades, with a marked quality of circularity. Does all of this mean that there is a kind of fatal circularity in neuroscience - that the brain necessarily uses itself to study itself? His narrative has a circularity that makes the reader's head spin. circularly adverb The new materials emit nearly perfect circularly polarized light - the kind necessary to create 3D displays and striking color images. Example sentencesExamples The script's structure, like a web, is constructed circularly and as we wind our way closer to its center, we begin to pass recurring locales, faces, and feelings. Post-structuralism usually allows no appeal to a reality outside language; it sees every discourse as circularly self-confirming. A battalion of police cars was approaching, their sirens flashing circularly, speeding up along the deserted highway. Block concludes that consciousness cannot be defined other than circularly, via rough synonyms (‘awareness,’ etc.) or ostensively, through examples. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French circulier, from late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus 'small ring' (see circle). Rhymes semicircular, tubercular Definition of circular in US English: circular (also cir., circ.) adjectiveˈsərkjələrˈsərkyələr 1Having the form of a circle. 圆形的，环形的 the building features a circular atrium 这所建筑以环形门廊为特色。 Example sentencesExamples Surrounding the circle will be a circular grass mound, carpeted in bluebells. A series of circular markers bearing Ralph's Cross, the park's symbol, have gone missing in recent weeks. Bottle labels, stationery, pump clips and exterior hotel signage feature a new circular design. With old stone collected from derelict cottages on the edge of the village they built a circular garden. The most striking design element of the atrium is the circular stair that turns 180 degrees between floors. One of the show homes features a circular staircase and upstairs gallery. Iranian leaders wear black or white turbans wrapped in a flat, circular style. Recent donations include the purchase of picnic tables, a circular seat round the willow tree by the lake, and benches in the park. Other churches worth visiting include the splendid cathedral and the beautiful baroque circular church of St Clemens, built between 1745 and 1753. The centrepiece of the large interior is a circular bar, presumably there to make it possible to have a drink while waiting for a table. My first new belt in about seven years was a hand-painted creation with two rows of large circular holes running all the way round it. My front garden is terraced with a paved circle, in the middle of which is a circular bed. A circular brick island rises up in the centre of the roundabout. It had a circular driveway, and in the center was a small circle of grass with several beautiful rose bushes growing on it. Most Iranian intersections have a large circular island in the middle. The pendant was circular, and within the circle was a tree with a sun in the corner. From now on, pizza will just be a circular abomination we order out of desperation, when there isn't time to make anything good. Its circular shape invokes the tradition of associating circles with regeneration and wholeness. The restaurant's gimmick is a circular aquarium, behind 10 ft-high glass surrounding diners. Its outer circular wall was transformed internally into a square. Synonyms round, disc-shaped, disc-like 1.1 (of a movement or journey) starting and finishing at the same place and often following roughly the circumference of an imaginary circle. （活动，旅行）循环的，环绕一圈的 a circular walk 环程散步。 Example sentencesExamples We explored the mountains on a circular tour, walking every other day to a new camp. She followed the perpetually circular movement of the revolving doors, stepping out onto Kyanka Street. The company also removed its 651 and 647 buses which used to run in a circular route. The overall look of the Cuban salsa should be sensuous and fluid, with the dancers moving around each other and the floor in circular movements. The five-mile sponsored walk will take a circular route between Baildon Moor and Faweather Grange on Ilkley Moor. This last leg in our circular walk takes us across his farm. Apply to the skin in circular movements paying particular attention to your knees, feet and elbows or any dry patches. What should be a 10 minute walk from their home to a nearby park has turned into an hour-long three-mile circular hike. You should be making circular motions with your index fingers round your temples. The narrative is quite circular, in that the first and final scenes are very similar. I took me just short of six hours to complete the circular route back into Middlesmoor. Round and round she went, her circular flightpath growing ever bigger. For him, the journey of his young adulthood was a futile circular movement. The local Rangers attempt to cram as much of the area into a 10 km jaunt as they can, with a circular walk to Carbeth. It has recommended a string of proposals, including a new circular bus service in the area. He said that he was interested in learning the circular movements of aikido. The biting surfaces of the teeth should be brushed in circular motion. The longest circular route may take more than two-and-a-half hours. Orbits not being exactly circular, the minimum distances can range from 56 million km to 101 million km. He said there should also be a circular walk giving greater access to the riverside. 2Logic (of an argument) already containing an assumption of what is to be proved, and therefore fallacious. 〔逻〕（论点）因包含待证假设因而是谬误的，（使用）循环论证的 Example sentencesExamples This argument clearly is circular, because science is to tell us what is to be considered legitimate science. This is a classic circular argument, in which the conclusion is already present in the premise. This is a circular argument: we read into the historical record what we want to see clearly. These estimates can be highly biased and produce a circular argument. Such a circular argument, which relies on its own suppositions as proof, can be used to justify anything. 3attributive (of a letter or advertisement) for distribution to a large number of people. （信件，广告）供流传的 Example sentencesExamples Further investigations revealed the powder was coming from an A4 size envelope containing a circular leaflet. Regular visitors may remember my organisation's facilities team who recently sent a circular email to over 200 people because a paper napkin had gone missing. This can function as a circular letter to people who want to know what I'm up to, although I don't write it for that reason. Jung issued a circular letter to all members firmly stating the principle that The International Society is neutral as to politics and creed. A circular letter was then sent by post to all past and present serving members. He put the circular letter in the rubbish bin. The vision was made concrete in a circular letter, addressed to EU partners. Other workers got phone calls from colleagues or discovered a circular letter informing them of the closedown. This is the same facilities team who refused to send a circular email when my car was dented in the office car park! Rules for adoption had been set out in a circular letter which was received by the applicants. He sent a circular letter to numerous legal practices in Scotland, asking various questions about the firms' knowledge of him. nounˈsərkjələrˈsərkyələr A letter or advertisement which is distributed to a large number of people. （信件，广告）供流传的 Example sentencesExamples The authorities issued a detailed circular warning of the need to take stringent safety precautions. He goes through the advertising circulars and researches whether better prices are available anywhere else. The full extent of FIFA's stance was revealed in a circular sent out yesterday to all national associations and will apply immediately. But personally I'd prefer a letter - even if it was a circular - telling me what has happened to the sender and his/her family since the last communication. Details of the restructuring plan are expected to be included in the circular being sent to all shareholders in the next two weeks. The city health authority distributed circulars to hospitals to prepare for a possible dengue fever outbreak. Below is an email that was sent as a circular around the entire university email system, proving just how mush of an important issue parking is! We have sent out a circular calling for donations and regular collections. Anyone who knows me well will know how much I loathe email circulars and chain letters. We sent a circular to the shopowners asking them not to park their cars on Brigade Road. The Mambalam police station sent a circular to all Internet cafes in the area with a few directions as to usage. A circular sent to members of the exclusive club said the newer building was ‘a useful annexe’. The company prints one advertising circular a year. A circular has been distributed to all homes in the town offering various novel ideas on how to support the project. At both Malton and York, we shall be sending round a circular asking farmers to let us know what stock they have available and wish to sell. His strategy was to mobilize church members by distributing circulars at mass. A circular was sent to every household in the parish after the failed meetings. A circular was sent out to union members, instructing them not to participate in the strike. It has sent a circular asking residents to give their opinion on what sort of development they want to see on the site. The Monetary Authority sent banks a circular recommending they use a second type of identification to protect customers using Internet banking transactions. Synonyms leaflet, pamphlet, handbill Origin Late Middle English: from Old French circulier, from late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus ‘small ring’ (see circle).
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