circuit
To move in a circle; to go round; to circulateTo move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
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» Tom fixed the circuit breaker.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(intransitive, obsolete)To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
(obsolete, transitive)To travel around.
Having circuited the air.
- make a circuit
Examples
52 sentencesTom fixed the circuit breaker.
The protection circuit is built into the system.
This system has a built-in protection circuit.
A protection system has been built into this circuit.
deIn diesem System ist eine Schutzschaltung eingebaut. — Tamy
The problem is that that circuit is in series.
Origin
From Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus (“a going roundFrom Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus (“a going round”), from circuire (“go round”), from circum (“around”) + ire.
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Forms
circuits, circuiting, circuited, circuitedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.