immediate circle

collocation in English

meaningsofimmediateandcircle

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immediate
adjective
uk
/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/us
/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/
happening or done without delay or very soon after ...
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circle
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.kəl/us
/ˈsɝː.kəl/
a continuous curved line, the points of which are always the same distance away from a fixed central point, or the area inside such ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandcirclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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So actually, unless your beloved is, as free, legally and personally, as the wind, your choice is still nailed down to your ownimmediatecircle.
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How do they learn to consider wider perspectives and views other than those of theirimmediatecircle?
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I can think of four in myimmediatecircle.
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It will be a sad day for the country if football and cricket clubs and the like, which depend upon income gained from outside their ownimmediatecircle, collapse.
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It is seen in terms of our family life and ourimmediatecircle, in terms of how to behave in relation to family, friends and acquaintances.
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Some in hisimmediatecirclestrongly encouraged him to leave the country, but he refused.
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It was not published, in the sense of being widely copied and made known outside theimmediatecircleof the papal curia.
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He seems to have had influential friends in the king'simmediatecircle.
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However, he was also unimaginative, stolid, legalistic and found it very difficult to get on terms with people outside hisimmediatecircle.
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However, when these expectations are not met the patient is much more likely to share this disappointment with more than just theirimmediatecircle.
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