1 shaped like a circle; round:
a circular building
2 moving around in a circle:
a circular tour of the city on an open-topped bus * Using small circular movements, massage the muscles on either side of the spine.
3 (of an argument or a theory) using an idea or a statement to prove sth which is then used to prove the idea or statement at the beginning
4 (of a letter) sent to a large number of people
circularity noun [U]:
There is a dangerous circularity about this argument.
noun a printed letter, notice or advertisement that is sent to a large number of people at the same time
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is circular a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, circular is tagged as adjective.
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