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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024circum-, prefix. - circum- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "round, around.'' This meaning is found in such words as: circuit, circuitous, circumcise, circumference, circumlocution, circumnavigate, circumstance, circumvent, circus.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024circum-, - a prefix with the meaning "round about, around,'' found in Latin loanwords, esp. 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).
- Latin circum around (accusative of circus; see circus, circle), origin, originally as an adverb, adverbial fixed in relation to the verb, verbal, later construed as a prefix
- Mathematicscircumference.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: circum- prefix - around; surrounding; on all sides: circumlocution, circumrotate
Etymology: from Latin circum around, from circus circle |