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circum-
1- a prefix with the meaning “round about, around,” found in Latin loanwords, especially derivatives of verbs that had the general senses “to encompass or surround” ( circumference; circumjacent; circumstance ) or “to go around” by the means or in the manner specified by the verb ( circumnavigate; circumscribe ); on this basis forming adjectives in English with the meaning “surrounding” that named by the stem ( circumocular; circumpolar ).
circum.
2abbreviation for
- circumference.
circum-
prefix
- around; surrounding; on all sides
circumrotate
circumlocution
circum–
- A prefix meaning “around”, as in circumscribe, to draw a figure around another figure.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of circum-1
from Latin circum around, from circus circle
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Example Sentences
I stated this circum- stance to F. Kohlmann, at breakfast, and requested him to accompany me.
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Omne vafer vitium ridenti Flaccus amicoTangit, et admissus circum præcordia ludit.
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The latter had a large comitatus of his own: magnum numerum equitatus suo sumptu semper alere et circum se habere (I 18).
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At noon satisfactory sets of circum-meridional altitudes were obtained with two good sextants.
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“Omne vafer vitium ridenti Flaccus amico Tangit, et admissus circum præcordia ludit,” &c.
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