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Circulate

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Verb

1. circulate, go around, spread

become widely known and passed on

Example Sentences:
'the rumor spread'
'the story went around in the office'

2. broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread

cause to become widely known

Example Sentences:
'spread information'
'circulate a rumor'
'broadcast the news'

3. circulate, distribute, pass around, pass on

cause be distributed

Example Sentences:
'This letter is being circulated among the faculty'

4. circulate

move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

Example Sentences:
'Blood circulates in my veins'
'The air here does not circulate'

5. circle, circulate

move in circles

6. circulate

cause to move in a circuit or system

Example Sentences:
'The fan circulates the air in the room'

7. circulate

move around freely

Example Sentences:
'She circulates among royalty'

8. circulate, mobilise, mobilize

cause to move around

Example Sentences:
'circulate a rumor'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Circulate

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verb
1. 
to send, go, or pass from place to place or person to person
don't circulate the news
2. 
to distribute or be distributed over a wide area
3. 
to move or cause to move through a circuit, system, etc, returning to the starting point
blood circulates through the body
4. 
to move in a circle
the earth circulates around the sun

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Circulate

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈcircuˌlated or ˈcircuˌlating
1. 
to move in a circle, circuit, or course and return to the same point, as blood through the body
2. 
to go from person to person or from place to place
; specif.,
a. 
to move about freely, as air
b. 
to move about as in society or at a party
c. 
to be made widely known, felt, established, distributed, etc.
d. 
to be distributed to a circle or mass of readers or collectors
verb transitive
3. 
to cause to move around freely or go from one person or place to another; place in circulation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Circulate

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v. cir·cu·lat·ed, cir·cu·lat·ing, cir·cu·lates
v.intr.
1. To move in or flow through a circle or circuit: blood circulating through the body.
2. To move around, as from person to person or place to place: a guest circulating at a party.
3. To move about or flow freely, as air.
4. To spread widely among persons or places; disseminate: Gossip tends to circulate quickly.
v.tr.
To cause to move about or be distributed: Please circulate these fliers.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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