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n. (context idiomatic English) The closest of friends of a person.
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Inner Circle are a Jamaican reggae group. The group was originally called The Inner Circle Band and formed in 1968. The band achieved major success in the 1970s with Jacob Miller as their lead singer, but split up after his death in 1980. They reformed in 1986 and had a major hit with the 1987 song " Bad Boys", which serves as the theme song for the long running Spike (formerly Fox Network) television program COPS. They are also well-known for their song " Sweat (A La La La La Long)," a big hit in the U.S. in the early 1990s. The band is known for blending pop and rock with reggae.
Freud's inner circle or Secret Committee consisted of Sigmund Freud's most trusted psychoanalysts.
It was set up in 1912–13 to ensure the future of psychoanalysis, in response to several analysts breaking with his theories including Alfred Adler in 1911 and Wilhelm Stekel in 1912, and the threatened departure of Carl Jung.
The Inner Circle is an American parody group made up of seasoned reporters, bloggers, web journalists, and television and radio personalities. It hosts an event every year in March at the New York Hilton, and each year the show has a different theme. There is a strict "No Professional Talent" rule.
Inner Circle is a board game for 2–4 players first published in 1981 by Milton Bradley and designed by Virginia Charves and Wayne J. Yee. Inner Circle uses a modular, four-level board design. Each level is hexagonal, with holes (referred to in the game as "survival spots") that allow playing pieces to pass from the current level to the next. Each level is marked with circular spaces with between 1–4 dots inside the circle that determine how many spaces that piece may move. Each successive level is smaller than the previous level (stacked on top of it) and has fewer survival spots. The object of the game is to occupy the lone survival spot at the center of Level 4.
Usage examples of "inner circle".
This party was strictly for the British inner circle that ruled Central District and were the power block of the Colony, their Caucasian friends, and a few very special Eurasians, Chinese and Indians.
Sihanouk seized upon this report, recognizing the brilliance of it and brought Chai Seng into his inner circle.
The enemy was too close, too well hidden within the inner circle to take the risk.
HIGH COUNCIL: the Landsraad inner circle empowered to act as supreme tribunal in House to House disputes.
All the Ringists in the warming pavilion Surya Lal and Thomas Rane and the inner circle, as well as many godchildren serving hot drinks and making important errands looked to him to orchestrate the evening's events.
Those of 1st or 2nd level may attend a moot only with the permission of a member of the inner circle.
A large part of the outer circle, representing the enemy's forces, was now pressed between the inner circle and the inverted Y of Kottek's attack from the north.
Only two faces remained of her inner circle: Arakasi's messenger, who was a virtual stranger, and Incomo, whom she had scarcely come to know as well as the others who had worn Acoma colors longer.
When the great doubled doors swept dosed, leavingher alone with the inner circle of her advisers, she said toher Spy Master, 'I have something else for you to do.