inner circle
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4.9
- noun
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círculo íntimo
- Welcome... to the inner circle.
- inner circle members
- inner circle of brokers
And I come home and I finally broken through the inner circle of the cool girls.
- And I come home and I finally broken through the inner circle of the cool girls.
- I'm just saying he's, he's really in Trump's inner circle.
- You want to, you know, you want people in in your inner circle that are prepared to challenge you.
- Sinwar and his closest his inner circle.
- They want to be in your inner circle.
- I'll do that stuff after I kind of give it to my inner circle of people who I think are smart and trust.
- So you have to have this is like mob, you have to you have to have an inner circle that you trust.
- The prosecution built their case on the testimony of Bankman Freed's inner circle at FTX and Alameda Research.
- If you're tired of mediocre good enough results, all right, then join the inner circle.
- I think it's going to be interesting to see how long Elon Musk lasts in his inner circle.
Examples
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So bring those people into your inner circle and be a trusting friend to them.
Blog text (15) -
Only someone in the inner circle of a corporation like this has access to this kind of information.
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And I come home and I finally broken through the inner circle of the cool girls.
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For me, it's my family and my inner circle of friends.
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You want to, you know, you want people in in your inner circle that are prepared to challenge you.
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You were part of our inner circle.
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Instead, he had chosen to present himself to his inner circle of advisors in a simple white linen suit.
Fiction book (1998) -
Yet the number of persons who have close relationships with Juan is smaller, making his inner circle smaller.
Academic text (2000) -
We've evolved to care slightly about what people in our inner circle, in our tribe think of us.
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Only someone in the inner circle of a corporation like this has access to this kind of information.
Synonyms
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7.5
A group of people who know important private information
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6.4
A small, close group of people who keep others out
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3.5
A small group of people who are most important in a larger organization or activity
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8.7
A small closed group of people who share the same interest
A small group of people with the same interests who treat each other as special
Antonyms
How Exclusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small, exclusive group with special influence' is directly derivable from combining 'inner' (closer/restricted) with 'circle' (a group of people); the adjective+noun composition transparently indicates a subgroup nearer the center of power. This compositional pattern is common across languages and follows straightforward English semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Inner circle comes from the simple picture of a small inner circle inside a larger one, where people near the center are closest to power. So it means a small 'exclusive' group with 'special power' or access.