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# loop

«loop» in Mova's school dictionary: **a shape like a circle made by a line, string or path that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a loop, loops); verb (loop, loops, looped, looping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A loop is a shape like a circle made by a line, string or path that bends round and crosses or joins itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loop/#m1)

2) To loop means to make a loop or move in a loop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loop/#m2)

3) In computing, a loop is a set of instructions that repeats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loop/#m3)

4) «In the loop» means knowing what is going on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loop/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In computing lessons (Scratch, coding), a loop repeats instructions, like «repeat 4 times: move 10, turn 90» to draw a square; a «forever» loop never stops. In science, an electric circuit must be a complete loop for the bulb to light. In everyday life you make loops to tie shoelaces; roller coasters do loops. Phrases: «in a loop», «loop the loop», «keep someone in the loop», «out of the loop», «on a loop».

### examples

- Make a loop with the lace and wrap the other end around it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loop/#x1)
- The roller coaster did a loop-the-loop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loop/#x2)
- Use a loop to repeat the code ten times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loop/#x3)
- The circuit must be a complete loop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loop/#x4)
- The song played on a loop all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loop/#x5)
- The path makes a loop around the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loop/#x6)
- Keep me in the loop about the party plans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loop/#x7)
- The plane looped through the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loop/#x8)
- The three sisters then tied the heroes with every kind of loop and twist and knot that could be thought of. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loop/#x9)

### note

Countable: loops. In coding, a loop with no way to stop is an «infinite loop» and may freeze a program. In maths, «repeat 4 times» in a loop means the same steps happen 4 times, so multiply: 4 × 90° = 360° for a full turn.

### In the corpora

- [Scooby-Doo shakes with fear, Garfield wolfs a tray of lasagne, Sonic zooms round loops faster than sound.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker/0/)
- [Cords and strings longer than a short loop can strangle a baby or toddler.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/22/)
- [Along that loop ran one of the worst crimes in history.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade/2/)
- [Lower down the river slows and swings in big loops called meanders, like a snake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/4/)
- [If it cuts across the neck of a loop, the old loop is left behind as an oxbow lake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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