| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun circus.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (circus) |
1. A travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals; "he ran away from home to join the circus".[Wordnet]. 2. A performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals; "the children always love to go to the circus".[Wordnet]. 3. A frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment; "it was so funny it was a circus".[Wordnet]. 4. (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games.[Wordnet]. 5. An arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent; "they used the elephants to help put up the circus".[Wordnet]. 6. A genus of haws comprising the harriers.[Wordnet]. 7. Performance given by a traveling company of acrobats clowns and trained animals; "the children always love to go to the circus".[Wordnet]. 8. A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows.[Websters]. 9. A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage.[Websters]. 10. Circuit; space; inclosure.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Circuses" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1801. (references) |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Bread and circuses | Bread and circuses is a derogatory phrase which can describe either government policies to pacify the citizenry, or the shallow, decadent desires of that same citizenry. In both cases, it refers to low-cost, low-quality, high-availability food and entertainment, and to the exclusion of things which the speaker considers more important, such as art, public works projects, democracy, or human rights. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: CIRCUSES | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Bread and circuses | 31 | Bread and circuses | 31 | |
| Bread and Circuses (Star Trek) | 17 | Bread and Circuses (album) | 5 | |
| Bread and Circuses (album) | 5 | Bread and circuses (alternative meanings) | 3 | |
| List of circuses and circus owners | 4 | Bread and Circuses (Star Trek) | 17 | |
| Bread and circuses (alternative meanings) | 3 | List of circuses and circus owners | 4 | |
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| Position | Synonyms (sorted by strength) | |
Noun |
circus. Consider also: arena, hippodrome, funfair. | |
| Source: Eve, based on meta analysis. | Top | |
Computed Synonyms: circuses
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Computed Expressions: circuses
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| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | حَلْبَة السِّيرْك (circus, circuses), سِيرْك (circus, circuses), سِرْك (circus, circuses), مَلْعَب (court, playground, stadium, circus, circuses). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | حَلْبَة السِّيرْك (circus, circuses), سِيرْك (circus, circuses), سِرْك (circus, circuses), مَلْعَب (court, playground, stadium, circus, circuses). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | حَلْبَة السِّيرْك (circus, circuses), سِيرْك (circus, circuses), سِرْك (circus, circuses), مَلْعَب (court, playground, stadium, circus, circuses). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | circuses (circuses). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 马戏团 (circus, circuses). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 馬戲團 (circus, circuses, aerialist). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | Zirkusse (circuses), Zirken (circuses). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | cirques (circuses, circs). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | cirques (circuses, circs). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Zirkusse (circuses), Zirken (circuses). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gullah | sukkus (circus, circuses). Additional references: Gullah, United States, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | حَلْبَة السِّيرْك (circus, circuses), سِيرْك (circus, circuses), سِرْك (circus, circuses), مَلْعَب (court, playground, stadium, circus, circuses). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Zirkusse (circuses), Zirken (circuses). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Zirkusse (circuses), Zirken (circuses). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | サーカス (circus, circuses), パンと見世物 (bread and circuses), パンとみせもの (bread and circuses), そしてパンサーカス (bread and circuses, bread-and-circuses). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Norwegian | Sirkuser (circuses). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | circuses (circuses). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, circuses. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “circuses” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | cathagircathagusathages (circuses). Additional references: Athag, circuses. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | cagircagusages (circuses). Additional references: Double Dutch, circuses. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | (¦|z(|_|5&5 (circuses). Additional references: Leet, circuses. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | copircopusopes (circuses). Additional references: Oppish, circuses. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | ircusescay (circuses). Additional references: Pig Latin, circuses. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | cirkuses (circuses). Additional references: Terran B, circuses. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | cubircubusubes (circuses). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, circuses. (volunteer) | |||
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