- a shape like a curve or circle made by a line curving right round
- The road went in a huge loop around the lake.
- Duclair is a small town on a loop of the River Seine.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- continuous
- endless
- closed
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- form
- make
- in a/the loop
- through a/the loop
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- a piece of rope, wire, etc. in the shape of a curve or circle
- He tied a loop of rope around his arm.
- Make a loop in the string.
- a belt loop (= on trousers, etc. for holding a belt in place)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- continuous
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- closed
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- form
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- a long, narrow piece of film or tape on which the pictures and sound are repeated continuously
- The film is on a loop.
- (figurative) His mind kept turning in an endless loop.
Extra Examples- The audio tape runs in a continuous loop lasting thirty minutes.
- The projection played on a loop.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- continuous
- endless
- closed
- …
- form
- make
- in a/the loop
- through a/the loop
- (computing) a set of instructions that is repeated again and again until a particular condition is satisfied
- positive and negative feedback loops
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- continuous
- endless
- closed
- …
- form
- make
- in a/the loop
- through a/the loop
- a complete circuit for electrical currentOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- continuous
- endless
- closed
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- through a/the loop
- (British English) a railway line or road that leaves the main track or road and then joins it againTopics Transport by bus and trainc2
- the Loop(US English, informal) the business centre of the US city of Chicago
Word Originlate Middle English: of unknown origin; compare with Scottish Gaelic lùb ‘loop, bend’.
Idioms
See loop in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee loop in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishin the loop | out of the loop
- (informal) part of a group of people that is dealing with something important; not part of this group
- A lot of people want to be in the loop on this operation.
- Lawton had gradually been cut out of the loop on legal reviews.
knock/throw somebody for a loop
- (North American English, informal) to shock or surprise somebody
- The result of the election knocked most people for a loop.
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