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# circular

«circular» in Mova's school dictionary: **shaped like a circle, round: "a circular table"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (circular); noun (a circular, circulars)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Circular means shaped like a circle, round: "a circular table". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#m1)

2) A circular route or walk goes round and ends where it started. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#m2)

3) A circular argument goes round in a loop: it uses what it is trying to prove as its reason. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#m3)

4) (noun) A circular is a letter or advert sent to many people at once. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, circular shapes have a centre, radius and diameter, and their distance around is the circumference; circular faces are on cylinders and cones. In geography and PE a circular walk or track returns to the start, so the distance is one lap. Phrases: circular motion, circular walk, circular saw, circular argument.

### examples

- We sat at a circular table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#x1)
- A coin is circular. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#x2)
- The circular track is 400 metres round, so 3 laps are 1,200 metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#x3)
- We went on a circular walk around the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#x4)
- A cylinder has two circular faces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#x5)
- The school sent a circular to all parents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#x6)
- Saying "it's true because it's true" is a circular argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#x7)
- “Ho! who is there?” called out a curious old duck, still bobbing up and down in the circular dance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#x8)

### note

Circular is the adjective of circle. In maths, a circular face is flat and round; a sphere is round in every direction, not just circular. "A circular" (noun) is a letter for many people, now often an email.

### In the corpora

- [The didgeridoo comes from Aboriginal Australians of northern Australia, traditionally made from a branch hollowed by termites; skilled players use circular breathing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/10/)
- [Circular breathing means breathing in through the nose while pushing out air stored in the cheeks, so the sound never stops.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/11/)
- [In the UK, circular road signs give orders, triangular signs warn and rectangular signs give information.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/9/)
- [Repeating your conclusion in other words as the reason is circular reasoning, or going in circles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «circular» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.