Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to circle
Participle: circled
Gerund: circling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | circle |
| you | circle |
| he;she;it | circles |
| we | circle |
| you | circle |
| they | circle |
Perfect
| I | have circled |
| you | have circled |
| he;she;it | has circled |
| we | have circled |
| you | have circled |
| they | have circled |
Past
| I | circled |
| you | circled |
| he;she;it | circled |
| we | circled |
| you | circled |
| they | circled |
Pluperfect
| I | had circled |
| you | had circled |
| he;she;it | had circled |
| we | had circled |
| you | had circled |
| they | had circled |
Future
| I | will circle |
| you | will circle |
| he;she;it | will circle |
| we | will circle |
| you | will circle |
| they | will circle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have circled |
| you | will have circled |
| he;she;it | will have circled |
| we | will have circled |
| you | will have circled |
| they | will have circled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | circle |
| you | circle |
| he;she;it | circle |
| we | circle |
| you | circle |
| they | circle |
Perfect
| I | have circled |
| you | have circled |
| he;she;it | have circled |
| we | have circled |
| you | have circled |
| they | have circled |
Imperfect
| I | circled |
| you | circled |
| he;she;it | circled |
| we | circled |
| you | circled |
| they | circled |
Pluperfect
| I | had circled |
| you | had circled |
| he;she;it | had circled |
| we | had circled |
| you | had circled |
| they | had circled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would circle |
| you | would circle |
| he;she;it | would circle |
| we | would circle |
| you | would circle |
| they | would circle |
Perfect
| I | would have circled |
| you | would have circled |
| he;she;it | would have circled |
| we | would have circled |
| you | would have circled |
| they | would have circled |
Imperative
| you | circle |
| we | Let's circle |
| you | circle |
Verbs conjugated like 'circle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'circle'
birle,
circ,
curdle,
cycle,
encircle,
firtle,
girdle,
hirple,
incircle,
jirble,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.
3. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.
4. Latin circus
5. Proto-Indo-European *-lós
6. Proto-Indo-European *-elós
7. Proto-Italic *-elos
8. Latin -ulus
9. Latin circulus
10. Old French cerclebor.
11. Middle English circle
12. English circle
13. From Middle English circle, cercle, from Old French cercle and Latin circulus, diminutive of Latin circus (“circle, circus”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring”), related to Old English hring (“ring”). Compare also Old English ċircul (“circle, zodiac”), which came from the same Latin source. By surface analysis, Latin circ(us) + -(u)le.
Sample Sentences
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[...] a few yards; and teeming, then, with rank unwholesome vegetation, in whose baleful shade the wretched wanderers who are tempted hither, droop, and die, and lay their bones; the hateful Mississippi circling and eddying before it, and turning off upon its southern course a slimy monster hideous to behold; a hotbed of disease, an ugly sepulchre, a grave uncheered by any gleam of promise: a place without [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Why do you sound flustered ? Martin's men have circled our house with Linga in here
(Magudam)