1 a shape like a curve or circle made by a line curving right round and crossing itself:
The road went in a huge loop around the lake. * Duclair is a small town on a loop of the River Seine.
2 a piece of rope, wire, etc. in the shape of a curve or circle:
He tied a loop of rope around his arm. * Make a loop in the string. * a belt loop (= on trousers / pants, etc. for holding a belt in place)
3 a strip of film or tape on which the pictures and sound are repeated continuously:
The film is on a loop. * (figurative) His mind kept turning in an endless loop.
4 (computing) a set of instructions that is repeated again and again until a particular condition is satisfied
5 a complete CIRCUIT for electrical current
6 (BrE) a railway line or road that leaves the main track or road and then joins it again
IDIOMS
be in the loop
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is loop a noun, verb, or something else?
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