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circulating

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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.

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

circu·lative (-ltv) adj.
circu·lator n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.circulating - passing from one to another; "circulating bills and coins"
current - occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"
Translations
circulating [ˈsɜːkjʊleɪtɪŋ]
A. ADJcirculante
B. CPD circulating assets NPLactivo msing circulante
circulating capital Ncapital m circulante
circulating library N (US) → biblioteca f circulante
circulating medium N (Fin) → medios mpl monetarios
circulating:
circulating capital
nflüssiges Kapital, Umlaufkapital nt
circulating library
nFahrbücherei f
circulating medium
n (Fin) → Zahlungs- or Umlaufsmittel nt


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I discovered presently that a peculiar story was circulating among her friends.
Secondly, nearly all these young ladies subscribe to circulating libraries.
If I had been astonished at first catching a glimpse of so outlandish an individual as Queequeg circulating among the polite society of a civilized town, that astonishment soon departed upon taking my first daylight stroll through the streets of New Bedford.
 
 
 
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