- a line, route or journey around a place
- The race ended with eight laps of a city centre circuit.
- The earth takes a year to make a circuit of (= go around) the sun.
Extra Examples- We did a complete circuit of the park in twenty minutes.
- Green Day moves into the lead as they turn into the straight on the first circuit.
- Runners have to complete fifteen circuits of the two-mile circular course.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- do
- make
- circuit of
- the complete path of wires and equipment along which an electric current flows
- an electrical circuit
- a circuit diagram (= one showing all the connections in the different parts of the circuit)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- short
- closed
- integrated
- …
- build
- break
- complete
- …
- diagram
- (in sport) a series of games or matches in which the same players regularly take part
- This is her biggest triumph in nine years on the women's tennis circuit.
- He announced his retirement from the professional circuit last year.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- amateur
- professional
- international
- …
- hit
- play
- tour
- …
- on a/the circuit
- a track for cars or motorcycles to race around
- a series of places or events of a particular kind at which the same people appear or take part
- the lecture/cabaret circuit
Extra Examples- She's a well-known figure on the international lecture circuit.
- Talent scouts spotted him playing on the amateur circuit.
- Young's film has hit the festival circuit in the US.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- amateur
- professional
- international
- …
- hit
- play
- tour
- …
- on a/the circuit
- a series of different exercises that you do one after the other when doing circuit training in sport or fitness training
- I do circuits in the gym twice a week.
- a regular journey made by a judge to hear court cases in each of the courts of law in a particular area
- a circuit court/judge
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Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin circuitus, from circuire, variant of circumire ‘go round’, from circum ‘around’ + ire ‘go’.
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