wide circle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwideandcircle
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wide
adjective
uk/waɪd/us/waɪd/
having a larger distance from one side to the other than is usual or expected, especially in comparison with the length of something; ...
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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 ofwideandcirclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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To a lesser degree (at a level approaching significance) identical twins, especially males, have a few close friends rather than awidecircle.
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Local authorities are inevitably subjected to a great deal of local pressure, which does not necessarily come from awidecircleof people.
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Does that not seem to be a verywidecircle?
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That would have a bad effect on awidecircleof people.
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The speeches this morning have ranged over a singularly interesting andwidecircleof subjects.
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He was a highly cultivated man; fond of art and artists, of literature and writers; he mixed in awidecircle.
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This provision applies to a fairlywidecircleof people.
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Quite apart from the libraries, such activities as drama and the arts are invariably well patronised and talked about in a verywidecircle.
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These cases do not usually involve awidecircleof trade creditors or the general public.
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But if it comes to an enforcement it seems right, when one has such awidecircleas that, that leave should be provided.
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It is full of wisdom and experience which are drawn from a verywidecircle.
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Every detainee has not only his wife and children, but awidecircleof relations.
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Does he see awidecircleof people dealing with this case, as does the panel?
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I agree that these matters are not of so much interest to such awidecircleof the population.
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I also hope that the trustees will be drawn from a verywidecircleof people.
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I have a prettywidecircleof contacts and of experience of being able to assess what is in people's minds.
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Any of us would be fortunate indeed to have such awidecircleof friends of such varying interests and such varying backgrounds.
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He will be sorely missed by his family and hiswidecircleof friends.
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They find themselves with not such awidecircleof friends as they would have had if they had always lived in the community.
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Was it common knowledge within a narrow or awidecircle?
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