​a group of people who are connected because they have the same interests, jobs, etc. Talk of religion was forbidden in the family circle. She's well known in ...

a thing or a group of people or things shaped like a circle; a circle of trees/chairs; The children stood in a circle.

1[intransitive, transitive] to move in a circle, especially in the air circle (around) (above/over somebody/something) Seagulls circled around above his head.

[transitive] to draw a circle around something. circle something Luke circled a date on the kitchen calendar. Respondents were asked to circle the ...

(a) A completed revolution or course of time, or of action, or events in time; a cycle, period. (b) 'Any series ending as it begins, and perpetually repeated' ( ...

There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb circle, two of which are labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation ...

noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary turning circle noun the smallest circle that a vehicle can turn around in.

a situation in which one problem causes another problem that then makes the first problem worse compare virtuous circle.

noun /ˈtɜːnɪŋ sɜːkl/ /ˈtɜːrnɪŋ sɜːrkl/ the smallest circle that a vehicle can turn around in.

a place where two or more roads meet, forming a circle that all traffic must go around in the same direction