circular

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
  2. adjective having a circular shape
  3. adjective describing a circle; moving in a circle

Etymology

From Middle English circuler, circuleer, circulere, from Old French circulier (French circulaire), from Late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus, diminutive of circus (“ring”). By surface analysis, circle + -ar.

In classic literature

Synonyms

handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway

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