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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.

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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

circulate [ˈsəːkjuleɪt] vi → circuler

vt → faire circuler

circulate [ˈsəːkjuleɪt] vi (traffic) → fließen;

(blood, report) → zirkulieren;

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

(person) → die Runde machen

vt → herumgehen or zirkulieren lassen

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.sirkuleerيَدورُ حَوْلциркулирамcirkulovat, obíhatcirkulerezirkulierenκυκλοφορώcircularringlema, ringlema laskmaدور زدن؛ دور گشتنkiertää, kierrättääcirculerלְהִסתוֹבֵבसंचार, परिभ्रमणkružiti, kolati, cirkuliratikeringberedarstreyma (í hring)circolare循環する돌다cirkuliuoti, daryti apytakącirkulētperedarancirculerensirkulere, være i omløpkrążyć, puszczać w obiegcirculara circulaциркулироватьobiehaťkrožitikružiticirkuleraไหลเวียนdolaş(tır)mak, devam et(tir)mek循環обертатися, циркулюватиگردش کرناtuần 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 bringيَنْشُر، يَنْتَشِرразпространявам (се)rozšiřovat; kolovatsætte i omløb; cirkulerein Umlauf seinκυκλοφορώ (π.χ. για φήμη)hacer circularliikvele laskma, ringlemaپراکنده کردن؛ پخش کردنpanna liikkeelle(faire) circulerלְהָפִיץफैल जानाpustiti u opticajterjedmengedarkanberast/breiðast útcircolare, diffondere広まる퍼지다skleisti, sklistiklīst (par baumām u.c.)sebar(doen) rondgaangå rundt, sprerozpowszechniać, krążyćcirculara circula; a pune în cir­cu­laţieраспространятьсяrozšíriť sa, dať do obehukrožitikružitisprida, cirkuleraกระจายyay(ıl)mak流傳поширювати(ся)خبر مشہور ہوناlan truyền流传

n ˌcircuˈlation

sirkulasieإنْتِشارциркулиранеoběhcirkulation; omløbder Kreislaufκυκλοφορίαcirculaciónringlus, vereringeگردش؛ چرخشkiertäminen, verenkiertocirculationמַחֲזוֹר הַדָםप्रचलन, संचारkruženje, kolanje, cirkulacijakeringés; terjesztés; példányszámsirkulasihringrás; blóðrás; útbreiðslacircolazione循環유통, 순환cirkuliacija, plitimas, tiražascirkulācija; klīšana; tirāžaperedarancirculatiesirkulasjon, sirkulering, omløpobieg, nakładcirculaçãocirculaţieциркуляцияobehkroženjekruženjecirkulationการเคลื่อนไหวโดยอิสระdolaşım, deveran循環кругообіг; циркуляціяگردش ، دورانsự lưu thông循环

adj ˈcirculatory [-lə-]

sirkulerendدَوْري، دَوَرانيотнасяш се до циркулациятаoběhový, cirkulačnícirkel-zirkulierendκυκλοφοριακόςcirculatoriovereringe-گردشیkiertävä, verenkierto-circulatoireשֶל מַחֲזוֹר הַדָםपरिसंचारीoptjecajnikeringésimemutarblóðrásar-; hringrásar-circolatorio循環の순환의, 유통의cirkuliuojantis, apykaitoscirkulējošsberkaitan peredarancirculerendsirkulasjons-, omløps-krążeniowycirculatóriocirculatorциркулирующийobehovýkrožen, cirkulacijskicirkulatornicirkulations-, cirkulerandeซึ่งเคลื่อนไหวโดยอิสระdolaşıma ait, kan dolaşımıyla ilgili循環的циркуляційнийدوران خون یا گردش سے متعلقthuộc sự lưu thông循环的