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# circular

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

«circular» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Circular means shaped like a circle, round: "a circular table". [tree →](https://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#m4)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#x1)
- A coin is circular. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#x3)
- We went on a circular walk around the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#x4)
- A cylinder has two circular faces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/#x5)
- The school sent a circular to all parents. [tree →](https://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://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://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «circular» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/circular/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«circular» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/circular.html) on Mova free.