What part of speech is circled?

Circled can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. circled is a verb, past participle of circle (infinitive).
  • 2. circled is a verb, past simple of circle (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does circled mean?

Definitions

Adjective

circled - Having the form of a circle; round.

Verb

circle - move in circles
circle - travel around something; "circle the globe"
circle - form a circle around; "encircle the errors"

Examples of circled

#   Sentence  
1. verb A helicopter circled over us.
2. verb The hawk circled round in the sky.
3. verb The plane circled the airport twice after taking off.
4. verb Please open the file circled in red with a text editor.
5. verb Tom circled the block looking for a place to park.
6. verb Vultures circled above the dead body.
7. verb Vultures circled over the dead bodies.
8. verb Tom circled three names on the list.
9. verb Why is Tom's name circled?
10. verb Like most astronomers before him, Ptolemy believed the Sun, Moon, and other planets circled the Earth. He thought that each space body moved in a small circle (an epicycle) that was itself orbiting Earth.
11. verb The calendar on the refrigerator had Tom's birthday circled.
12. verb After taking off, the plane circled the airport twice.
13. verb I have that date circled on my calendar.
14. verb A seagull circled above the beach.
15. verb In the blue vault of the heaven there had appeared three little specks which increased in size every moment, so rapidly did they approach. They speedily resolved themselves into three large brown birds, which circled over the heads of the two wanderers, and then settled upon some rocks which overlooked them. They were buzzards, the vultures of the west, whose coming is the forerunner of death.
Sentence  
verb
A helicopter circled over us.
The hawk circled round in the sky.
The plane circled the airport twice after taking off.
Please open the file circled in red with a text editor.
Tom circled the block looking for a place to park.
Vultures circled above the dead body.
Vultures circled over the dead bodies.
Tom circled three names on the list.
Why is Tom's name circled?
Like most astronomers before him, Ptolemy believed the Sun, Moon, and other planets circled the Earth. He thought that each space body moved in a small circle (an epicycle) that was itself orbiting Earth.
The calendar on the refrigerator had Tom's birthday circled.
After taking off, the plane circled the airport twice.
I have that date circled on my calendar.
A seagull circled above the beach.
In the blue vault of the heaven there had appeared three little specks which increased in size every moment, so rapidly did they approach. They speedily resolved themselves into three large brown birds, which circled over the heads of the two wanderers, and then settled upon some rocks which overlooked them. They were buzzards, the vultures of the west, whose coming is the forerunner of death.

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