circuit

circuit is a 7-letter English word with 18 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.
2. noun. The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.
3. noun. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
4. noun. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.
5. noun. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
6. noun. A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.
7. noun. A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
8. noun. Circumlocution.
9. intransitive verb. To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
10. transitive verb. To travel around.
11. noun. movement once around a course

    "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

    Synonyms: circle, lap

12. noun. a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

    "they took an extended tour of Europe"

    "we took a quick circuit of the park"

    Synonyms: tour

13. noun. an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
14. noun. a racetrack for automobile races
15. noun. (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
16. noun. the boundary line encompassing an area or object

    "he had walked the full circumference of his land"

    "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe"

    Synonyms: circumference

17. noun. an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to

    "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"

    "on the lecture circuit"

18. verb. make a circuit

    "They were circuiting about the state"

Synonyms

circle, lap, tour, circumference

Common word forms

circuits, circuital, circuited, circuiter, circuiting, circuitous, circuitable

Words from these letters

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