Circa

Word CIRCA
Character 5
Hyphenation cir ca
Pronunciations /ˈsɜːkə/

Definitions and meanings of "Circa"

What do we mean by circa?

In approximately; about. preposition

About; at or near a date given, when the exact time is not known: as, circa a. d. 500. Abbreviated circ., ca., or c.

Approximately; about; commonly abbreviated ca.; -- used especially before dates and numerical measures. preposition

Approximately, about preposition

Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)

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The word "circa" in example sentences

In her best performance, Joan Fontaine plays a meek woman who falls for a composer (Louis Jordan) in circa 1900 Vienna. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Last words, for now, go to Chris Stein circa 1978. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The PC crowd moved in circa 1970, and they have been preaching from the “Ugly America” bible ever since. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Here, therefore, Al – Islam at once avoided the deplorable assumption of the Hebrews and the Christians, — an error which has been so injurious to their science and their progress, — of placing their “firstman” in circa B.C. 4000 or somewhat subsequent to the building of the Pyramids: the ❋ Unknown (2006)

This is where it all started for me published in Finnish circa 1985, as I was just learning to read. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If a group becomes too popular (say Led Zeppelin circa 1976) they can get a better deal for themselves and reduce the margins of the companies. ❋ Steve Sailer (2004)

Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Suppose you're the CEO of a publicly traded record label circa 2000 and Napster is taking off. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Another one-album wonder from the Brain label circa early seventies Germany, YATHA SIDHRA came and went in the blink of an eye, in the process leaving behind a curious addition to the Krautrock genre. ❋ Unknown (2009)

700 Hindu Brahmins/Pandits were forcibly converted to Islam during the reign of Sikandar Butshikan sometime in circa 1400 ACE. ❋ Steve Sailer (2002)

Heebie Jeebies was coined circa 1923, by Billy de Beck, and is, so far as anyone can tell, simple rhyming nonsense. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When she comes across an odd sword circa 1675 and a painting of her with the long dead Highland brutal warrior Alasdair “MacColla” McDonald, she is shocked. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I have this weird dream of "Little Davy", a character in Shirley Jackson's, The Lottery, a play I recall circa 1969/1970. ❋ Steven Barnes (2008)

Recently, though, the familiar hygiene players have introduced their own body sprays, Old Spice through an advertising campaign that features '70s porn film styling and a reintroduction of its classic maritime jingle, the likes of which we haven't heard since boating was relevant in America (and didn't need to advertise itself as something fun to do, as the American Boating Association now does), which is to say circa Gulf of Tonkin, 1965. ❋ Unknown (2008)

COOPER (voice-over): The John Kerry catch phrase circa December 2002. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Each of these was called circa (or circator), because it was his duty to make the rounds of the monastery to see whether anything was amiss and whether the brethren were intent on the work allotted to them respectively. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

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