circle

'sə:kl 1. noun

1) (a figure (O) bounded by one line, every point on which is equally distant from the centre.) sirkel, ring

2) (something in the form of a circle: She was surrounded by a circle of admirers.) krets, sirkel, ring

3) (a group of people: a circle of close friends; wealthy circles.) (omgangs)krets

4) (a balcony in a theatre etc: We sat in the circle at the opera.) galleri, balkong

2. verb

1) (to move in a circle round something: The chickens circled round the farmer who was bringing their food.) kretse (om), gå i ring

2) (to draw a circle round: Please circle the word you think is wrong.) tegne en sirkel rundt

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I

subst. \/ˈsɜːkl\/

1) sirkel, ring, runding, krets, omkrets

2) kretsløp, omdreining, rundgang

3) (hel) serie, omgang, periode

4) (om mennesker) krets, sirkel

5) (teater) galleri

6) (arkeologi, også stone circle) steinsetting

7) (amer., også traffic circle) rundkjøring

business circles forretningskretser

circle of friends vennekrets

circle of readers lesekrets

the circle of the seasons årstidenes gang

come full circle gå sirkelen rundt, slutte der man begynte, slutte ringen

go round in circles gå i ring, ikke komme noen vei

move in a wide circle ha stor omgangskrets

reason in a circle føre sirkelbevis

sewing circle syklubb

square the circle (matematikk)

forklaring: konstruere et kvadrat med samme flate som en gitt sirkel (et problem som ikke kan løses rent geometrisk) (overført) gjøre det umulige

the wheel has turned full circle eller the wheel has come full circle sirkelen er sluttet

the upper circle (teater) galleri

II

verb \/ˈsɜːkl\/

1) kretse, sirkle, bevege seg i ring

• the aircraft circled over the landing-field

2) bevege seg rundt, kretse omkring, sirkle over

3) ringe inn, sette en ring rundt

4) sirkulere

• the news circled (round)

5) omgi, danne ring rundt

circle back gå tilbake til utgangspunktet i en stor sirkel

circle in omringe