Word info Synonyms

full circle

Speech parts

1. full circle - Noun

2. full circle - Adverb

Meaning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see full,‎ circle.

(geometry) An arc of 360 degrees.

A full turn back to the original direction or orientation. a point arrived at which is the same point at which it began;

By extension, when a debate or discussion comes "full circle" when the participants end up going over points already discussed, even though no literal change of orientation is involved. the point at which effort has resulted in no progress.

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Through a rotation or revolution that ends at the starting point.

(idiomatic) Through a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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And it took me, since I was 17 and left home, running from God, to now, as a 30-year-old man, when I honestly feel like I've come full circle and my heart's finally in the right place. Scott Stapp

At last, the wheel comes full circle. Cassandra Clare

The wheel is come full circle. William Shakespeare

Gardeners instinctively know that flowers and plants are a continuum and that the wheel of garden history will always be coming full circle. Francis Cabot Lowell

Life comes full circle. Tracey Gold

English Poetry has come full circle from the widest public appeal, the communal poetry of ballads to the narrowest possible, in the present day as the poet addresses himself. Herbert Read

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