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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

주위의

Pronunciation / Transliteration: juwiui

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Circum/ˈsɜːr.kəm/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 세계 일주를 했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As prefix
  1. 1

    A combining form meaning 'around' or 'surrounding', used in the formation of various English words.

    "The word circumnavigate uses the prefix circum- to mean sailing all the way around something."
As noun
  1. 1

    An informal clipping or abbreviation for the surgical procedure circumcision.

    "The pediatrician discussed the benefits and risks of circum with the new parents."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin preposition and adverb 'circum', meaning 'around' or 'about', which is related to 'circus' and 'circulus' (circle). It entered English primarily as a combining form in various borrowings from Latin and French during the Middle English period and later scientific developments.

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