circle

A Circle is a safe, solid, yet permeable Space with an Inside, an Outside, and a Focus that moves from person to person. A welcoming form where everyone can see each other and all voices are heard, it creates a field that invites sharing and story.

Under conditions of Profilicity, just as with sincerity and authenticity, people and Organizations circle around Causes like moths around a flame. (Moeller and D’Ambrosio, You and Your Profile, p. 26)

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circle | BrE ˈsəːkl, AmE ˈsərk(ə)l | A noun 1 (also in geometry) Kreis (Mask.) ▸ great/small circle (Geometry, Nautical, Aerospace, Astronomy) Groß-/Kleinkreis (Mask.) ▸ fly in a circle im Kreis fliegen (inside a circle) in einem Kreis fliegen ▸ stand in a circle im Kreis stehen (inside a circle) in einem Kreis stehen ▸ run round in circles (figurative informal) hektisch herumlaufen (informal) ▸ go round in circles im Kreis laufen (figurative) sich im Kreis drehen ▸ circle of friends Freundeskreis (Mask.) ▸ come full circle (figurative) zum Ausgangspunkt zurückkehren ▸ things have now come full circle der Kreis schließt sich or hat sich geschlossen 2 ▶ Vicious Circle 3 (seats in theatre or cinema) Rang (Mask.) 4 (Archaeology) [Stein]kreis (Mask.) 5 (in hockey) Schusskreis (Mask.) B intransitive verb kreisen (walk in a circle) im Kreis gehen C transitive verb 1 (move in a circle round) umkreisen ▸ the aircraft circled the airport das Flugzeug kreiste über dem Flughafen 2 (draw circle round) einkreisen PHRASAL VERBS circle back intransitive verb auf einem Umweg zurückkehren circle round intransitive verb kreisen