loop

C1 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /luːp/ See IPA manual

Freq #6154

Meanings

1

noun
A shape made when a line curves round and crosses itself.

She tied the rope into a loop and hung it on the hook.
2

noun
A sequence of actions or events that repeats from the beginning.

The same advert played on a loop throughout the day.
3

verb
To form something into a loop, or to fasten it with a loop.

He looped the belt through the buckle and pulled it tight.
4

verb
To move in a curved path that returns toward where it started.

The road loops around the lake before heading back to town.

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Synonyms

2 noun · a sequence of actions or... cycle

Word family

Forms loopedloopingloops

Derived forms autoloopcoloopcryoloopearloopendoloopexoloopgunloophemiloopheptaloophexaloophyperloopinterloop

Related forms hook-and-loop

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feedback loop
a connection that sends part of a system's output back into its input

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English loupe (“noose, loop”), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlaup (“a run”), used in the sense of a "running knot", from hlaupa (“to leap”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to leap, run”). Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot”), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot”), Danish løb (“a course”). More at leap. The verb is derived from the noun.

loupe Middle English hlaup Old Norse *hlaupaną Proto-Germanic

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General Vocabulary

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# loop

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /luːp/
**Frequency rank:** 6154

## Meanings
1. A shape made when a line curves round and crosses itself.
2. A sequence of actions or events that repeats from the beginning.
3. To form something into a loop, or to fasten it with a loop.
4. To move in a curved path that returns toward where it started.

## Examples
- She tied the rope into a loop and hung it on the hook.
- The same advert played on a loop throughout the day.
- He looped the belt through the buckle and pulled it tight.
- The road loops around the lake before heading back to town.

## Derived Forms
- autoloop
- coloop
- cryoloop
- earloop
- endoloop
- exoloop
- gunloop
- hemiloop
- heptaloop
- hexaloop
- hyperloop
- interloop

## Related Forms
- hook-and-loop

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: loupe
- Root: hlaup
- Root: *hlaupaną

## Etymology
From Middle English loupe (“noose, loop”), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlaup (“a run”), used in the sense of a "running knot", from hlaupa (“to leap”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to leap, run”). Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot”), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot”), Danish løb (“a course”). More at leap. The verb is derived from the noun.

## AI Etymology
Loop comes from Middle English loupe (“noose, loop”), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlaup (“a run”), used in the sense of a "running knot", from hlaupa (“to leap”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to leap, run”). Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot”), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot”), Danish løb (“a course”). More at leap. The verb is derived from the noun. The historical chain includes loupe (Middle English), hlaup (Old Norse), and *hlaupaną (Proto-Germanic). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as autoloop, coloop, cryoloop, and earloop and related forms such as hook-and-loop. In present use it covers a shape made when a line curves round and crosses itself, a sequence of actions or events that repeats from the beginning, and to form something into a loop, or to fasten it with a loop.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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