e-circle

noun

A circle of friends on the Internet.

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Meanings

noune-circle (plural e-circles)

plural e-circles

  1. A circle of friends on the Internet.

    His godfather, part of yet another family, helps him maintain an e-circle of friends who make up his garage band.

    2010, J. A. English-Lueck, Being and Well-Being: Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley
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    Virtual communities, Web-conferencing, chat rooms, e-circles — the names for the new computer technologies of the 1990s resonate with images of collaboration.

    2000, Dennis A. Trinkle, Scott A. Merriman, History.edu: Essays on Teaching with Technology, page vii

Origin

From e- + circle.

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APA

e-circle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-circle

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“e-circle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-circle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “e-circle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-circle.

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