loop
To form something into a loopTo form something into a loop.
» Why wasn't I in the loop?
Почему я не был в курсе?
Чому я не був в курсі?
Meaning
12 senses(transitive)To form something into a loop.
make a loop in
(transitive)To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
fasten or join with a loop
(transitive)To fly an aircraft in a loop.
fly loops, perform a loop
(transitive)To move something in a loop.
move in loops
(transitive)To play something (such as a song or video) in a loop.
(transitive)To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
(transitive)To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
(transitive)To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
(intransitive)To form a loop.
(intransitive)To move in a loop.
The program loops until the user presses a key.
To place in a loop.
(ambitransitive)To have the teacher progress through multiple school years with the same students.
Examples
61 sentencesWhy wasn't I in the loop?
Чому я не був в курсі?
ruПочему я не был в курсе?
Are you in the loop?
You've missed a belt loop.
I'm not in the loop.
ruЯ не в курсе.
Please keep us in the loop.
Будь ласка, тримайте нас в курсі.
ruПожалуйста, держите нас в курсе.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English loupe (“noose, loop”), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot”), of North GermaFrom Middle English loupe (“noose, loop”), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlaup (“a run”), used in the sense of a "running knot", from hlaupa (“to leap”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to leap, run”). Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot”), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot”), Danish løb (“a course”). More at leap. The verb is derived from the noun.
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Forms
loops, looping, looped, loopedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
3 synonyms- make a loop in:intertwine
- wind around something in coils or loops:coilcurl
Word family
6 related wordsLessons 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