in a circle
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1.0
- idiom
:
en círculo
- The scene shows members of the royal court standing in a circle performing a ceremony.
- sit in a circle
- stand in a circle
- seated in a circle
One, they would always sit in a circle.
- One, they would always sit in a circle.
- I'm going to layout all my ingredients in a circle and see what they pick.
- The harmonic oscillator in phase space just moves around in a circle with constant frequency.
- Does this charge accelerate moving with the uniform speed in a circle?
- Like it doesn't, I can walk in a circle like it, it's irrelevant to me.
- OK, Do it a few times and you can do it in a circle motion as well.
Examples
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Then she asked us to rise up and stand in a circle holding each other's hands.
Fiction book (1991) -
" They lock arms and dance in a circle, moving hypnotically, lost in reverie.
Academic text (1996) -
Okay, but now we're going in a circle.
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I think we're going in a circle.
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You took us in a circle?
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I want you to walk around in a circle.
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Each night all summer, the camp drew silently together in a circle after the final song.
Fiction book (1993) -
The crowd has gathered in a circle and he's drawn into it.
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The students enter the gymnasium and sit in a circle around Mr. Weiss.
Academic text (2007) -
During the ceremony, Native Americans sit in a circle inside the lodge and pray.
Synonyms
1
4.8
Moving or placed in a circle
Antonyms
How Circular
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'in' (position inside) + 'a' (article) + 'circle' (round shape) yields the spatial arrangement 'inside a circular formation'. This is a basic, cross-linguistic spatial construction following normal English syntax, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.
Etymology
In a circle comes from the simple picture of people or things placed around a center. Imagine children sitting in a circle so everyone can see each other, and you can see why the phrase means 'arranged in the shape of a circle'.