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inner circle

inner circle noun: the group comprising one's closest friends or associates.

Noun

inner circle (plural inner circles)

  1. (idiomatic) The group comprising one's closest friends or associates.
  2. (idiomatic) A small, exclusive group of people close to the center of power who control a movement, organization, political party, etc.
    • It was upon his return to London that Bok learned, through the confidence of a member of the British “inner circle,” the amazing news that the war was practically over: that Bulgaria had capitulated and was suing for peace; […]1921, Edward W. Bok, The Americanization of Edward Bok
    • Sassoon used the close relationship of Yedidia and Bankman-Fried to explore the FTX inner circle’s luxe lifestyle and allege how it hid a house of cards.2023 October 5, Victoria Bekiempis, “FTX co-founder testifies he committed crimes with Sam Bankman-Fried”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see inner, circle.

inner circle meaning in Hindi and Tamil

inner circle in Hindi

closest of friends
आंतरिक घेरा āntrik gherā, आंतरिक चक्र āntrik cakra

inner circle in Tamil

உள்வட்டம், உள்ளேயுள்ளவட்டம், உட்பக்கவட்டம்

Forms of inner circle

pluralinner circles

Questions about inner circle

What does inner circle mean?
Inner circle means the group comprising one's closest friends or associates.
What is inner circle in Hindi?
Inner circle in Hindi is आंतरिक घेरा (āntrik gherā), आंतरिक चक्र (āntrik cakra). See Inner circle meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inner circle?
Inner circle is a noun.
What is the plural of inner circle?
The plural of inner circle is inner circles.

Words near inner circle in the dictionary

  1. inner cell masses
  2. inner child
  3. inner children
  4. inner chimp
  5. inner chimps
  6. inner circle
  7. inner circles
  8. inner cities
  9. inner city
  10. inner class
  11. inner classes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inner circle (page history and authors); inner circle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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