circumference
noun /səˈkʌmfərəns/
/sərˈkʌmfərəns/
[countable, uncountable]- a line that goes around a circle or any other curved shape; the length of this line
enlarge image- the circumference of a circle
- the circumference of the earth
- in circumference The earth is almost 25 000 miles in circumference.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + circumference- have
- calculate
- measure
- …
- in circumference
- circumference of
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French circonference, from Latin circumferentia, from circum ‘around, about’ + ferre ‘carry, bear’.
