HOW TO PRONOUNCE
circuit
/ˈsɝkət/
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The first c is s; the second is k.
The first syllable contains the strongest, r-colored vowel. Keep the final vowel light, and do not try to pronounce u and i as separate syllables.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The technician tested the circuit.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does circuit mean?
noun
- The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
- The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
- That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
More meanings (18)
noun
- The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
- Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
- A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job
- The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
- Abbreviation of circuit court.
- The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.
- A set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
- A track on which a race is held; a racetrack
- A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.
- A closed trail.
- A chain of cinemas/movie theaters.
- A single completion of all of the exercises in a circuit training regime.
- (obsolete) circumlocution
- (historical) The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin.
- (historical) The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan.
- (historical) Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.
verb
- (obsolete) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
- (obsolete) To travel around.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɝkət/
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He walked with her slowly everywhere, and made the entire circuit, telling her all he knew of the history of the building.
Great was the sorrow of all the slaves, when this faithful preacher of the gospel was removed from the Talbot county circuit.
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It has been gravely stated that these airships could accomplish the circuit of the globe and perform other feats of the imagination.
All wires at that time were single, and ran into the earth at each end, making what was called a "grounded circuit."
This lamp, when put on the circuit, lighted up brightly to incandescence and maintained its integrity for over forty hours, and lo!