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გამოთქმა: /ˈsəːk(ə)l/

განმარტებულია circle სიტყვის თარგმნა ფლექსია სინონიმები

არსებითი სახელი

Universal
  • 1a round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the centre): draw a circle with a compass
  • something in the shape of a circle:the lamp spread a circle of light they all sat round in a circle
  • a dark circular mark below each eye caused by illness or tiredness: she was pale and rather beautiful, with dark circles around deep, exhausted eyes
  • British a curved upper tier of seats in a theatre or cinema: she sat in the front row of the circle
  • Hockeyshort for striking circle.
  • 2a group of people with a shared profession, interests, or acquaintances:she did not normally move in such exalted circles

ზმნა

Universal
  • move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once:they were circling Athens airport (as adjective circling)a circling helicopter [no object]:we circled round the island
  • [no object] (circle back) move in a wide loop back towards one’s starting point:he paced away from her, then circled back
  • form a ring around:the abbey was circled by a huge wall
  • draw a line around:circle the correct answers

circle the wagons

North American informal unite in defence of a common interest: the Lakers quickly circled the wagons, against the Spurs and the crowd
[with reference to the defensive position of a wagon train under attack]

come (or turn) full circle

return to a past position or situation, especially in a way considered to be inevitable: the region is being forced to come full circle and repeat the errors of its tragic past now it seems the wheel has turned full circle—the western is being revived
[with reference to Shakespeare's King Lear v. iii. 165, ‘The Wheele is come full circle’: by association with the wheel represented in mythology and literature as turned by Fortune and symbolizing mutability]

go (or run) round in circles

informal do something for a long time without achieving anything but purposeless repetition:the discussion went round and round in circles

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