circulate

cir·cu·late

 (sûr′kyə-lāt′)

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 circulātus, past participle of circulāre, to make circular, from circulus, circle; see circle.]

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cir′cu·la′tive (-lā′tĭv) adj.

cir′cu·la′tor n.

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circulate

(ˈsɜːkjʊˌleɪt)

vb

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.

[C15: from Latin circulārī to assemble in a circle, from circulus circle]

ˈcircuˌlative adj

ˈcircuˌlator n

ˈcirculatory adj

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cir•cu•late

(ˈsɜr kyəˌleɪt)

v. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. v.i.

1. to move in a circle or circuit; esp. through a circuit back to the starting point, as blood in the body.

2. to pass from place to place, from person to person, etc.: I circulated among the guests.

3. to be distributed or sold, esp. over a wide area.

4. (of library materials) to be available on loan for use outside library premises.

v.t.

5. to cause to pass from place to place, person to person, etc.; disseminate; distribute: to circulate a report.

6. lend (def. 3).

[1665–75; < Latin circulātus, past participle of circulārī to gather round one]

cir′cu•la`tive (-ˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv) adj.

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circulate

Past participle: circulated
Gerund: circulating

Imperative

circulate

circulate

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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 Public employees are circulating a petition calling for his reinstatement.

2. get around, spread, go around Rumours were already beginning to circulate about redundancies in the company.

3. flow, revolve, rotate, radiate Cooking odours can circulate throughout the entire house.

4. mingle, socialize Let me get you something to drink, then I must circulate.

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circulate

verb

1. To move freely as a liquid:

course, flow, run, stream.

2. To extend over a wide area:

diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, radiate, scatter, spread, strew.

3. To become known far and wide:

get around, go around, spread, travel.

Idiom: go the rounds.

4. To make (information) generally known:

advertise, blaze, blazon, broadcast, bruit, disseminate, noise, promulgate, propagate, spread.

Idioms: spread far and wide, spread the word.

5. To pass (something) out:

disperse, disseminate, distribute, hand out.

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Translations

يَدورُ حَوْليَنْشُر، يَنْتَشِر

obíhatrozšiřovatšířitcirkulovatkolovat

cirkulere

in Umlauf seinzirkulieren

κυκλοφορώ

circularhacer circular

circuler

berast/breiîast útstreyma

circolarecircolazionediffonderediramaregirare

apykaitoscirkuliacijacirkuliuojantiscirkuliuotidaryti apytaką

cirkulētklīst

gå rundtsirkulerevære i omløp

krožitinaokrog poslati

devam et mekdolaş makyay mak

循环散布流传

circulate

[ˈsɜːkjʊleɪt]

A. VI (gen) → circular

B. VT (gen) → poner en circulación; [+ letter, papers etc] → hacer circular; [+ news] → hacer circular

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circulate

[ˈsɜː^rkjʊleɪt]

vi

[traffic] → circuler

[story, rumour] → circuler

[guest, host] → faire le tour des invités

vt [+ document] → faire circuler

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circulate

vi

(water, blood, money) → fließen, zirkulieren; (traffic) → fließen; (news, rumour) → kursieren, in Umlauf sein

(person: at party) → die Runde machen

vt news, rumour → verbreiten, in Umlauf bringen; memo etc → zirkulieren lassen; water → pumpen

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circulate

[ˈsɜːkjʊˌleɪt]

1. vi (gen) → circolare; (person, socially) → girare e andare un po' da tutti

2. vt → far circolare

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circulate

(ˈsəːkjuleit) verb

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 circular cirkulovat, obíhat zirkulieren cirkulere κυκλοφορώcircular ringlema, ringlema laskma دور زدن؛ دور گشتن kiertää circuler לְהִסתוֹבֵב संचार, परिभ्रमण kružiti, kolati, cirkulirati kering beredar streyma (í hring) circolare 循環する 순환하다 cirkuliuoti, daryti apytaką cirkulēt peredaran circulerensirkulere, være i omløpkrążyć, puszczać w obieg ګرد، چا پېره، ګرځېدل (لكه وينه په بدن كى): له يوه ځايه په بل ځاى ته يا ديوه سړى څه بل ته تېرول ، خپرېدل يا خپرول circular a circula циркулировать obiehať krožiti kružiti cirkulera ไหลเวียน dolaşmak, devam etmek 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) circular rozšiřovat; kolovat in Umlauf sein sætte i omløb; cirkulere κυκλοφορώhacer circular liikvele laskma, ringlema پراکنده کردن؛ پخش کردن kiertää circuler לְהָפִיץ फैल जाना pustiti u opticaj terjed mengedarkan berast/breiðast út circolare, diffondere 広まる 유포하다 skleisti, sklisti klīst (par baumām u.c.) sebar rondgaangå rundt, spre rozpowszechniać, krążyć پراګنده کول circular a circula; a pune în cir­cu­laţie распространяться rozšíriť sa, dať do obehu krožiti kružiti sprida, cirkulera กระจาย yaymak 散佈，流傳 поширювати(ся) خبر مشہور ہونا lan truyền 流传，散布

ˌcircuˈlation noun

sirkulasie إنْتِشار циркулиране circulação oběh der Kreislauf cirkulation; omløb κυκλοφορίαcirculación ringlus, vereringe گردش؛ چرخش kierto circulation מַחֲזוֹר הַדָם प्रचलन, संचार kruženje, kolanje, cirkulacija keringés; terjesztés; példányszám sirkulasi hringrás; blóðrás; útbreiðsla circolazione 循環 순환 cirkuliacija, plitimas, tiražas cirkulācija; klīšana; tirāža peredaran circulatiesirkulasjon, sirkulering, omløpobieg, nakład ګرد، چا پېره، ګرځېدل (لكه وينه په بدن كى): له يوه ځايه په بل ځاى ته يا ديوه سړى څه بل ته تېرول ، خپرېدل يا خپرول circulação circulaţie циркуляция obeh kroženje kruženje cirkulation การเคลื่อนไหวโดยอิสระ dolaşım, deveran 循環 кругообіг; циркуляція گردش ، دوران sự lưu thông 循环

ˈcirculatory (-lə-) adjective

sirkulerend دَوْري، دَوَراني отнасяш се до циркулацията circulatório oběhový, cirkulační zirkulierend cirkel- κυκλοφοριακόςcirculatorio vereringe- گردشی verenkierto- circulatoire שֶל מַחֲזוֹר הַדָם परिसंचारी optjecajni keringési memutar blóðrásar-; hringrásar- circolatorio 循環の 순환의 cirkuliuojantis, apykaitos cirkulējošs berkaitan peredaran circulerendsirkulasjons-, omløps- krążeniowy ګرځیدل 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

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circulate

vi circular

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