circulate

cir·cu·late  (sûrky-lt)

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.

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[From Middle English circulat, continuously distilled, from Latin circultus, past participle of circulre, to make circular, from circulus, circle; see circle.]

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circu·lative (-ltv) adj.

circu·lator n.

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circulate

Verb

[-lating, -lated]

1. to send, go, or pass from place to place or person to person: rumours were circulating that he was about to resign

2. to move through a circuit or system, returning to the starting point: regular exercise keeps the blood circulating around the body

3. to move around the guests at a party, talking to different people: it wasn't like her not to circulate among all the guests [Latin circulari]

circulatory adj

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circulate  (sûrky-lt)

To move in or flow through a circle or a circuit. Blood circulates through the body as it flows out from the heart to the tissues and back again.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	circulate - become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" go around, spread disseminate, pass around, circulate, diffuse, broadcast, circularise, circularize, spread, disperse, propagate, distribute - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
	2.	circulate - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" disseminate, pass around, broadcast, circularise, diffuse, circularize, spread, disperse, propagate, distribute publicize, bare, publicise, air - make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" podcast - distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer sow - introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs" circulate, go around, spread - become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, generalise, generalize - cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" carry, run - include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference"
	3.	circulate - cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty" pass around, distribute, pass on move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" send around - forward to others; "he is sending around an appeal for funds" utter - put into circulation; "utter counterfeit currency" spread out, scatter, spread - strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table"
	4.	circulate - move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate" ventilate - circulate through and freshen; "The gust of air ventilated the room" course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
	5.	circulate - move in circles circle go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" orb, orbit, revolve - move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus" troll - circulate, move around loop - fly loops, perform a loop; "the stunt pilot looped his plane" loop - move in loops; "The bicycle looped around the tree"
	6.	circulate - cause to move in a circuit or system; "The fan circulates the air in the room" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" convect - circulate hot air by convection
	7.	circulate - move around freely; "She circulates among royalty" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" drift - move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"
	8.	circulate - cause to move around; "circulate a rumor" mobilise, mobilize move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

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circulate

verb 1. spread, issue, publish, broadcast, distribute, diffuse, publicize, propagate, disseminate, promulgate, make known

verb 2. flow, revolve, rotate, radiate

Translations

circulate [ˈsəːkjuleɪt] vi → circular; [person] (socially) → alternar, circular

vt → poner en circulación

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circulate [ˈsəːkjuleɪt] vi → circuler

vt → faire circuler

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circulate [ˈsəːkjuleɪt] vi (traffic) → fließen;

(blood, report) → zirkulieren;

(news, rumour) → kursieren, in Umlauf sein;

(person) → die Runde machen

vt → herumgehen or zirkulieren lassen

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circulate [ˈsəːkjuleɪt] vi → circolare; [person] (socially) → girare e andare un po' da tutti

vt → far circolare

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circulate

v circulate [ˈsəːkjuleit]

1 to (cause to) go round in a fixed path coming back to a starting-point Blood circulates through the body. sirkuleer يَدورُ حَوْل циркулирам cirkulovat, obíhat cirkulere zirkulieren κυκλοφορώ circular ringlema, ringlema laskma دور زدن؛ دور گشتن kiertää, kierrättää circuler לְהִסתוֹבֵב संचार, परिभ्रमण kružiti, kolati, cirkulirati kering beredar streyma (í hring) circolare 循環する 돌다 cirkuliuoti, daryti apytaką cirkulēt peredaran circuleren sirkulere, være i omløp krążyć, puszczać w obieg circular a circula циркулировать obiehať krožiti kružiti cirkulera ไหลเวียน dolaş(tır)mak, devam et(tir)mek 循環 обертатися, циркулювати گردش کرنا tuần hoàn 循环

2 to (cause to) spread or pass around (news etc) There's a rumour circulating that she is getting married. in omloop bring يَنْشُر، يَنْتَشِر разпространявам (се) rozšiřovat; kolovat sætte i omløb; cirkulere in Umlauf sein κυκλοφορώ (π.χ. για φήμη) hacer circular liikvele laskma, ringlema پراکنده کردن؛ پخش کردن panna liikkeelle (faire) circuler לְהָפִיץ फैल जाना pustiti u opticaj terjed mengedarkan berast/breiðast út circolare, diffondere 広まる 퍼지다 skleisti, sklisti klīst (par baumām u.c.) sebar (doen) rondgaan gå rundt, spre rozpowszechniać, krążyć circular a circula; a pune în cir­cu­laţie распространяться rozšíriť sa, dať do obehu krožiti kružiti sprida, cirkulera กระจาย yay(ıl)mak 流傳 поширювати(ся) خبر مشہور ہونا lan truyền 流传

n circuˈlation

sirkulasie إنْتِشار циркулиране oběh cirkulation; omløb der Kreislauf κυκλοφορία circulación ringlus, vereringe گردش؛ چرخش kiertäminen, verenkierto circulation מַחֲזוֹר הַדָם प्रचलन, संचार kruženje, kolanje, cirkulacija keringés; terjesztés; példányszám sirkulasi hringrás; blóðrás; útbreiðsla circolazione 循環 유통, 순환 cirkuliacija, plitimas, tiražas cirkulācija; klīšana; tirāža peredaran circulatie sirkulasjon, sirkulering, omløp obieg, nakład circulação circulaţie циркуляция obeh kroženje kruženje cirkulation การเคลื่อนไหวโดยอิสระ dolaşım, deveran 循環 кругообіг; циркуляція گردش ، دوران sự lưu thông 循环

adj circulatory [-lə-]

sirkulerend دَوْري، دَوَراني отнасяш се до циркулацията oběhový, cirkulační cirkel- zirkulierend κυκλοφοριακός circulatorio vereringe- گردشی kiertävä, verenkierto- circulatoire שֶל מַחֲזוֹר הַדָם परिसंचारी optjecajni keringési memutar blóðrásar-; hringrásar- circolatorio 循環の 순환의, 유통의 cirkuliuojantis, apykaitos cirkulējošs berkaitan peredaran circulerend sirkulasjons-, omløps- krążeniowy circulatório circulator циркулирующий obehový krožen, cirkulacijski cirkulatorni cirkulations-, cirkulerande ซึ่งเคลื่อนไหวโดยอิสระ dolaşıma ait, kan dolaşımıyla ilgili 循環的 циркуляційний دوران خون یا گردش سے متعلق thuộc sự lưu thông 循环的