English Explanatory Dictionary

loop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
  2. The opening so formed.
  3. A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
  4. A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
  5. A ring road or beltway.
  6. An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
  7. A complete circuit for an electric current.
  8. A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
  9. An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
  10. A path that starts and ends at the same point.
  11. A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
  12. A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.
verb
  1. To form something into a loop.
  2. To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
  3. To fly an aircraft in a loop.
  4. To move something in a loop.
  5. To play something (such as a song or video) in a loop.
  6. To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
  7. To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
  8. To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
  9. To form a loop.
  10. To move in a loop.
  11. To place in a loop.
  12. To have the teacher progress through multiple school years with the same students.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. The City Loop.
noun
  1. Acronym of loss of offsite power.

Pronunciation

/luːp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-loop.wav

Word forms

loop loops looping looped

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.

Synonyms

cycle

Related words

hook-and-loop hook-and-loop fastener in the loop knock for a loop loop antenna loop the loop out of the loop time-loop logic

Derived words

A-B loop adjustable loop afferent loop syndrome angler's loop artillery loop autoloop autoregulatory loop belt loop blind loop syndrome boot loop busy loop causal loop causal loop paradox closed loop closed time loop close the loop coloop compulsion loop core loop crossed loop sensor cryoloop death loop do loop doom loop do-while loop Dunville Loop earloop edge loop endoloop exoloop fisherman's loop foreach loop fruit loop ground loop gunloop harness loop hearing loop hemiloop Henle loop Henle's loop heptaloop hexaloop hyperloop hysteresis loop induction loop interloop intraloop keep someone in the loop Latham loop launch loop Lebanese loop Lippes loop local loop locker loop Lofstrom loop loop de loop loop-de-loop loop device loop disconnect dialing loop diuretic

Translations

Danish: ringvej Danish: ring Finnish: ympyräreitti French: boucle German: Rundweg German: Ring German: Ringstraße German: Gürtel Spanish: vuelta Spanish: anillo vial Spanish: anillo Spanish: ronda Spanish: circunvalación
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