circuit
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- noun
- /ˈsɜrkɪt/
- The delegation remained in Washington, again making the circuit to reaffirm support for their cause.
- a ritual circuit
- a global circuit
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Watch on YouTubeYou don't have to get good on your local circuit before you can leave.
- You don't have to get good on your local circuit before you can leave.
- And then, yeah, I've been on the circuit with them doing all sorts of stuff.
- As you can hear from that poem, though, going on the circuit wasn't always a pleasant surprise.
- This is our very first attempt to have a circuit speaking tour, an old fashioned circuit tour.
Examples
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This is our very first attempt to have a circuit speaking tour, an old fashioned circuit tour.
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I'm on the lecture circuit with my new book...
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In the courtyard below, two women could be seen making a circuit of the garden.
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The master rode a complete circuit around the column, seeing that all was in order.
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I did a story on the diner circuit in New Hampshire.
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They’re saying you get $500 a week on the lecture circuit.
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After traveling around the country for months, she finally completed her book tour circuit.
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The local theater group is organizing a fundraising circuit to perform at various community centers.
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He completed a cycling circuit that took him through several picturesque towns before returning home.
Synonyms
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1.0
A trip visiting several places and returning to the start, usually for work or pleasure
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1.0
A road or path people use to travel between places
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4.9
A closed path where electric current or signals flow
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1.6
A journey to a place and back to where you started
Compounds
- Formal
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5.7
A federal court that reviews cases from lower courts in a group of states
- Specialized
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3.7
A flat board inside devices like phones or computers that holds and connects electronic parts
- Specialized
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4.2
An accidental electrical connection that lets electricity flow the wrong way and can cause damage or fire
- Specialized
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3.9
A device that automatically stops electric current to prevent overloads
A system of cameras and monitors that records and shows images for security, not for public broadcast
- Specialized
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A small electronic chip with many connected parts that works like a complete electronic system
- Specialized
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4.2
An electrical part that manages how a machine like a motor works by changing electric signals
- Specialized
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3.4
An electric path inside a computer that does a specific job like processing data or storing information
- Specialized
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An electrical circuit that sends part of its output back to its input to control how it works
- Specialized
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Parts connected one after another so electricity has only one path and flows through each
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A group of hotels in the Catskills popular with Jewish guests and known for comedy shows
- Specialized
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A board with electronic parts that you insert into a computer to add functions like graphics or wireless
- Specialized
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A closed path for electricity that splits into branches so devices work independently
- Specialized
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An electrical device that makes a strong signal at one frequency, like a radio tuner
- Specialized
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An electronic system that returns part of the output to reduce and steady the signal
- Specialized
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6.5
An electric circuit in a diamond shape that measures resistance when you connect a meter across it
- Specialized
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5.1
An electronic device that gives an off signal only when all inputs are on
- Archaic
Group of resorts in the Catskills where Jewish performers, especially comedians, often worked
- Specialized
A way in software to stop contacting a failing service to prevent more failures
- Specialized
An electronic part that makes or controls short electrical signals at exact times
- Specialized
An electric circuit with a coil and a capacitor that makes or picks an electrical signal at a specific frequency
- Specialized
An electric path where current splits into more than one branch and then joins again
- Specialized
A circuit in a radio that mutes the sound when the signal is weaker than background noise
- Specialized
An electronic circuit that gives an on output only when an odd number of its inputs are on
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Circuit comes from the old Latin root circum meaning 'around', the same idea as circle. It originally meant 'a going round', so a touring circuit is a regular route or series of places people visit and return to the start.