Circum- Definition

sʉrkəm, sərkum
prefix
Around; about.
Circumlunar.
American Heritage

Around.

Wiktionary
affix
Around, about, surrounding, on all sides.
Circumnavigate, circumscribe.
Webster's New World

Origin of Circum-

  • Latin from circum around accusative of circus circle circle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from Latin circum ("around").

    From Wiktionary

Circum- Sentence Examples

  • Taylor contends that the alphabet is Iranian in origin, but the circum.

  • Meanwhile a great change had been wrought in his circum P lo- stances.

  • Force was met with force; the Circumcelliones, bands of fugitive slaves and vagrant (circum cellas) peasants, attached themselves to the Donatists, and their violence reached such a height as to threaten civil war.

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Words Starting With

CCICIR

Words Ending With

MUMCUM

Unscrambles

circum-

Words Starting With C and Ending With -

Starts With C & Ends With MStarts With CI & Ends With MStarts With C & Ends With UM

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With M