circa
About the year
Circa is borrowed from Latin and is related to circus and circumference.
It is used only with a date or time after it to suggest approximation: The area was settled circa 900 C.E.
Close but not exact
- aroundIn the vicinity
- aboutConcerning or approximately
- roughlyIn approximate terms
- ca.Approximately, in dates
c. · estimate · ballpark · more or less · thereabouts · near · close to · nearly
Great age, ancient era
- eraDistinct historical period
- epochDistinct historical period
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- centuryHundred-year span
decade · millennium · ancient · medieval · classical · renaissance · Victorian · prehistoric
Approximately, in dates
- c.Abbreviation for approximately
- annoIn the year
- anno DominiIn the Lord's year
- ADEra after BC
Old valued collectible
- retroEvoking recent past
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- classicOf lasting excellence
period piece · provenance · authentic · dated · nostalgic · memorabilia · restoration · patina
approximately
Close but not exact
ca. · c. · estimate · ballpark · more or less · thereabouts · near · close to · nearly · sometime
antiquity
Great age, ancient era
century · decade · millennium · ancient · medieval · classical · renaissance · Victorian · prehistoric · neolithic
ca.
Approximately, in dates
- c.Abbreviation for approximately
- annoIn the year
- anno DominiIn the Lord's year
AD · BC · BCE · CE · sic · verbatim · et al. · ibid. · scholarly · academic
antique
Old valued collectible
- retroEvoking recent past
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- heirloomInherited family treasure
classic · period piece · provenance · authentic · dated · nostalgic · memorabilia · restoration · patina · auction
- Latin phrasesE pluribus unum, carpe diem, caveat emptor, veni vidi vici, ad astra
- borrowed wordschic, naive, passe, avant-garde, faux
- approximationsabout, approximately, around, roughly, almost
- Latin Termsa priori, ab initio, ad hoc, ad lib, bona fide
- Latin Wordsad, ad nauseam, et, caveat emptor, affidavit
- Latin Abbreviationse.g., i.e., etc, et al, ibid
circaexactly
With total accuracy
precisely · on the dot · specifically · definitively · sharp
- full circleReturn to origin
- circuit boardElectronics interconnection substrate
- inner circleExclusive group of confidants
- come full circleReturn to origin
- short circuitAccidental low-resistance path
- babysitting circleGroup sharing child supervision duties