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Definition of circular adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

circular

adjective
 
/ˈsɜːkjələ(r)/
 
/ˈsɜːrkjələr/
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  1. having the shape of a circle; round
    • a circular building
    • He had round unblinking eyes and a perfectly circular head.
    • The crater was two miles across and roughly circular.
    Topics Colours and Shapesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    adverb
    • perfectly
    • almost
    • nearly
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  2. moving around in a circle
    • a circular tour of the city
    • Using small circular movements, massage the muscles on either side of the spine.
  3. (of an argument or a theory) using an idea or a statement to prove something that is then used to prove the idea or statement at the beginningTopics Opinion and argumentc2
  4. (of a letter) sent to a large number of people
  5. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French circulier, from late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus ‘small ring’, diminutive of circus ‘ring’.
See circular in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee circular in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
sufficiently
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