"circular letter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: circular letters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} circular letter (plural circular letters)
  1. A freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters. Synonyms: circular Derived forms: circular (english: as a circular letter) Related terms: open letter, memorandum Translations (freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters): շրջաբերական (šrǰaberakan) (Armenian), циркулярно писмо (cirkuljarno pismo) (Bulgarian), 通函 (tōnghán) (Chinese Mandarin), cirkulero (Esperanto), kiertokirje (Finnish), circulaire [feminine] (French), Rundbrief [masculine] (German), Rundschreiben [neuter] (German), Zirkular [neuter] (German), εγκύκλιος (egkýklios) [feminine] (Greek), körlevél (Hungarian), körözvény (Hungarian), cirkulero (Ido), surat edaran (Indonesian), imlitir [feminine] (Irish), circolare [feminine] (Italian), окружница (okružnica) [archaic, feminine] (Macedonian), циркуларно писмо (cirkularno pismo) [neuter] (Macedonian), pekeliling (Malay), mātārere (Maori), rundskriv [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), rundskriv [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), circular [feminine] (Portuguese), јакарулу самара (ǰakarulu samara) (Southern Altai), тегерик танык (tegerik tanïk) (Southern Altai), circular (Spanish), sirkular (Tagalog), palibot (Tagalog), palibot-sulat (Tagalog), palibot-liham (Tagalog), thông tư (Vietnamese), sirkülapenäd (Volapük), cylchlythyr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-circular_letter-en-noun-MuzKs64s Categories (other): Armenian terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header

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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "name": "en-noun"
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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          "word": "circular"
        }
      ],
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        "A freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "freely",
          "freely"
        ],
        [
          "distributed",
          "distributed"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "pamphlet",
          "pamphlet"
        ],
        [
          "routine",
          "routine"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "open letter"
        },
        {
          "word": "memorandum"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "circular"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "šrǰaberakan",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "շրջաբերական"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "cirkuljarno pismo",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "циркулярно писмо"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tōnghán",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "通函"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "cirkulero"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "kiertokirje"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "circulaire"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Rundbrief"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Rundschreiben"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Zirkular"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "egkýklios",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εγκύκλιος"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "körlevél"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "körözvény"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "cirkulero"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "surat edaran"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "imlitir"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "circolare"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "okružnica",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "окружница"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "cirkularno pismo",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "циркуларно писмо"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "pekeliling"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "mātārere"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "rundskriv"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "rundskriv"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "circular"
        },
        {
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "ǰakarulu samara",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "јакарулу самара"
        },
        {
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "tegerik tanïk",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "тегерик танык"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "circular"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "sirkular"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "palibot"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "palibot-sulat"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "palibot-liham"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "thông tư"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "word": "sirkülapenäd"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cylchlythyr"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "circular letter"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "as a circular letter",
      "word": "circular"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "circular letters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "open letter"
    },
    {
      "word": "memorandum"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Armenian terms with redundant script codes",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "freely",
          "freely"
        ],
        [
          "distributed",
          "distributed"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "pamphlet",
          "pamphlet"
        ],
        [
          "routine",
          "routine"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "circular"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šrǰaberakan",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "շրջաբերական"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "cirkuljarno pismo",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "циркулярно писмо"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tōnghán",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "通函"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "cirkulero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "kiertokirje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circulaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rundbrief"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Rundschreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zirkular"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "egkýklios",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εγκύκλιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "körlevél"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "körözvény"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "cirkulero"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "surat edaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "imlitir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "okružnica",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "окружница"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "cirkularno pismo",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "циркуларно писмо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "pekeliling"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "mātārere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rundskriv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rundskriv"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circular"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "ǰakarulu samara",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "јакарулу самара"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "tegerik tanïk",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "тегерик танык"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "circular"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "sirkular"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "palibot"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "palibot-sulat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "palibot-liham"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "thông tư"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "word": "sirkülapenäd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cylchlythyr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "circular letter"
}

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