circumference

Pronunciation: /sɚˈkʌmfɹəns/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
  2. noun the boundary line encompassing an area or object
  3. noun the length of the closed curve of a circle

Etymology

From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”). Displaced native Old English ymbgang.

In classic literature

Synonyms

perimeter

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
size
Narrower (hyponyms)
girth

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