## Meanings
1. A complete path that an electric current flows around.
2. A series of events, competitions, or places that people regularly travel to.
3. A journey or trip all the way around something.

## Examples
- If any part of the circuit breaks, the light goes out.
- She is a familiar name on the tennis circuit.
- The moon makes one circuit of the earth each month.

## Synonyms
- dao
- lu
- route
- tao

## Derived Forms
- biocircuit
- circuit-breaker
- circuital
- circuiteer
- circuiter
- circuitous
- circuitry
- circuity
- closed-circuit
- cocircuit
- in-circuit
- intracircuit

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: circuit
- Root: circuitus

## Etymology
From Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus (“a going round”), from circuire (“go round”), from circum (“around”) + ire.

## AI Etymology
circuit is a noun and verb. It is from Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus (“a going round”), from circuire (“go round”), from circum (“around”) + ire. Historical forms in the chain include circuit (Middle English), circuit (Old French), and circuitus (Latin). Current senses include a complete path that an electric current flows around, a series of events, competitions, or places that people regularly travel to, and a journey or trip all the way around something. Derived forms include biocircuit, circuit-breaker, circuital, circuiteer, and circuiter.

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- Travel

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