"inner circle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-inner circle.ogg [Australia] Forms: inner circles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} inner circle (plural inner circles)
  1. (idiomatic) The group comprising one's closest friends or associates. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (closest of friends): lähipiiri (Finnish), cercle rapproché [masculine] (French), cercle restreint [masculine] (French), innerer Zirkel [masculine] (German), engster Zirkel [masculine] (German), आंतरिक घेरा (āntrik gherā) [masculine] (Hindi), आंतरिक चक्र (āntrik cakra) [masculine] (Hindi), wewnętrzny krąg [masculine] (Polish), inre krets [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-inner_circle-en-noun-zXDmxKXq Disambiguation of Collectives: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'closest of friends': 92 8
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see inner, circle.
    Sense id: en-inner_circle-en-noun-NVhiWGIg

Inflected forms

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