Loop

//luːp//

Synonyms for "loop" (279 found)

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Strong matches (84)

Related words (139)

jog joggle keyhole knit knob knot knothole knur knurl lace lacing lap lasso lateral circuit league leg lip live circuit logical circle loom

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Noun(3 words)

loop topology loop-the-loop self-loop

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

38 entries

IUD Jordan curve airplane maneuver bind camp circle circuit clique computer program computer programme control structure coterie electric circuit electrical circuit entwine fastener

Showing 16 of 38 words.

More specific

21 entries

balloon loop crossing loop endless loop event loop feedback loop for loop hanging loop infinite loop inside loop main loop message loop passing loop platform loop read-eval-print loop reconciliation loop reversing loop

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Synonyms

5 entries

closed circuit coil cringle iteration loop topology

Related terms

8 entries

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

123 entries

A-B loop Dunville Loop Henle loop Henle's loop Latham loop Lebanese loop Lippes loop Lofstrom loop Moufang loop Murray loop bridge Möbius loop Orowan loop Varley loop Wilson loop adjustable loop afferent loop syndrome

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

leap

form of

1 entries

loup

has context

6 entries

algebra biochemistry graph theory programming topology transportation

is a

11 entries

clique control structure directed edge fingerprint flight maneuver intrauterine device multiply connected thing program rigid portable object round thing simple closed curve

manner of

3 entries

circle knit tie

related to

79 entries

aerobatic aircraft backwards backwards pool beltway bend chicago chicago loop chicago train circle circled circuit circular circular shape circular thing coaster

Showing 16 of 79 words.

Translations

182 translations across 39 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

عُرْوَة noun (length of thread, line or rope)
عُقْدَة noun (length of thread, line or rope)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

ilgək noun (length of thread, line or rope)
ilgək noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
ilmək noun (length of thread, line or rope)

Belarusian

2 entries

пятля́ noun (length of thread, line or rope)
пятля́ noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)

Bulgarian

4 entries

верига noun (complete circuit for an electric current)
клуп noun (length of thread, line or rope)
контур noun (complete circuit for an electric current)
лупинг noun (aircraft maneuver)

Catalan

3 entries

bocle noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
bucle noun (programmed sequence of instructions)
cicle noun (programmed sequence of instructions)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

圈 noun (length of thread, line or rope)
循環 /循环 noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
環 /环 noun (length of thread, line or rope)
環 /环 noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)

Czech

2 entries

cyklus noun (programmed sequence of instructions)
smyčka noun (length of thread, line or rope)

Danish

4 entries

løkke noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
ring noun (transportation route that starts and ends at the same point)
ringvej noun (transportation route that starts and ends at the same point)
strømkreds noun (complete circuit for an electric current)

Dutch

3 entries

herhaling noun (programmed sequence of instructions)
lus noun (programmed sequence of instructions)
repetitie noun (programmed sequence of instructions)

Esperanto

3 entries

cirkvito noun (complete circuit for an electric current)
fermita cirkvito noun (complete circuit for an electric current)
maŝo noun (length of thread, line or rope)

Estonian

3 entries

aas noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
silmus noun (length of thread, line or rope)
surmasõlm noun (aircraft maneuver)

Finnish

4 entries

kierukka noun (loop-shaped intrauterine device)
luuppi noun (quasigroup with an identity element)
silmukka noun (length of thread, line or rope)
silmukka noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)

French

4 entries

boucle noun (length of thread, line or rope)
boucle noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
boucle noun (programmed sequence of instructions)
boucle noun (edge that begins and ends on the same vertex of a graph)

Galician

1 entries

bucle noun (programmed sequence of instructions)

Georgian

4 entries

მარყუჟი noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
მარყუჟი noun (aircraft maneuver)
ციკლი noun (programmed sequence of instructions)
წრედი noun (complete circuit for an electric current)

German

4 entries

Endlosschleife noun (endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition)
Gürtel noun (transportation route that starts and ends at the same point)
Loop noun (quasigroup with an identity element)
Looping noun (aircraft maneuver)

Greek

4 entries

βρόχος noun (length of thread, line or rope)
βρόχος noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
βρόχος noun (programmed sequence of instructions)
ενδοκολπικό διάφραγμα noun (loop-shaped intrauterine device)

Hungarian

3 entries

ciklus noun (programmed sequence of instructions)
hurok noun (length of thread, line or rope)
hurok noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)

Icelandic

1 entries

lykkja noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)

Ido

1 entries

kurveskar verb (intransitive: to form a loop)

Indonesian

2 entries

gelung noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
simpal noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)

Irish

1 entries

dol noun (length of thread, line or rope)

Italian

4 entries

anello noun (complete circuit for an electric current)
cerchio della morte noun (aircraft maneuver)
giro della morte noun (aircraft maneuver)
passante noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)

Japanese

2 entries

ループ noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
輪 noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)

Khmer

1 entries

ក្រវិល noun (length of thread, line or rope)

Latvian

2 entries

cilpa noun (length of thread, line or rope)
cilpa noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)

Macedonian

1 entries

циклус noun (programmed sequence of instructions)

Māori

4 entries

koropewa noun (length of thread, line or rope)
koropewa noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
koropiko noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
koru noun (length of thread, line or rope)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

ایلیك noun (length of thread, line or rope)
ایلیكلمك verb (to fasten or encircle with a rope)

Polish

4 entries

pętla noun (length of thread, line or rope)
pętla noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
pętla noun (programmed sequence of instructions)
zapętlać verb (to create an endless loop in a computer program)

Portuguese

4 entries

ciclo noun (programmed sequence of instructions)
circuito noun (complete circuit for an electric current)
fita noun (endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition)
laço noun (length of thread, line or rope)

Russian

4 entries

мёртвая пе́тля́ noun (aircraft maneuver)
пе́тля́ noun (length of thread, line or rope)
пе́тля́ noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
пе́тля́ noun (endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

lùb noun (length of thread, line or rope)
lùb noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

petlja noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
петља noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)

Spanish

4 entries

anillo noun (transportation route that starts and ends at the same point)
anillo vial noun (transportation route that starts and ends at the same point)
bucle noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
bucle noun (programmed sequence of instructions)

Swedish

4 entries

krets noun (complete circuit for an electric current)
looping noun (aircraft maneuver)
sluten krets noun (complete circuit for an electric current)
ögla noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)

Tagalog

1 entries

likaw noun (complete circuit for an electric current)

Turkish

3 entries

döngü noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
döngü noun (programmed sequence of instructions)
ilik noun (length of thread, line or rope)

Ukrainian

2 entries

петля́ noun (length of thread, line or rope)
петля́ noun (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This cold has knocked me for a loop.

Source: tatoeba (242355)

I've been out of the loop for a while. Can you bring me up to speed?

Source: tatoeba (628312)

Keep me in the loop.

Source: tatoeba (829620)

A tangled hierarchy is a hierarchical consciousness system in which a strange loop appears.

Source: tatoeba (2499083)

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