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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.
[From Middle English circulat, continuously distilled, from Latin circulātus, past participle of circulāre, to make circular, from circulus, circle; see circle.]
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.
[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
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Verb | 1. | circulate - become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" 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 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" | |
3. | circulate - cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty" 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" | |
5. | circulate - move in circles 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" |
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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.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
circulate
verb2. To extend over a wide area:
3. To become known far and wide:
Idiom: go the rounds.
4. To make (information) generally known:
Idioms: spread far and wide, spread the word.
5. To pass (something) out:
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Translations
يَدورُ حَوْليَنْشُر، يَنْتَشِر
obíhatrozšiřovatšířitcirkulovatkolovat
cirkulere
berast/breiîast útstreyma
apykaitoscirkuliacijacirkuliuojantiscirkuliuotidaryti apytaką
cirkulētklīst
krožitinaokrog poslati
devam et mekdolaş makyay mak
circulate
[ˈsɜːkjʊleɪt]A. VI (gen) → circular
B. VT (gen) → poner en circulación; [+ letter, papers etc] → hacer circular; [+ news] → hacer circular
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
circulate
[ˈsɜːrkjʊleɪt]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
circulate
vi
(water, blood, money) → fließen, zirkulieren; (traffic) → fließen; (news, rumour) → kursieren, in Umlauf sein
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
circulate
(ˈsəːkjuleit) verb1. to (cause to) go round in a fixed path coming back to a starting-point. Blood circulates through the body.
2. to (cause to) spread or pass around (news etc). There's a rumour circulating that she is getting married.
ˌcircuˈlation nounˈcirculatory (-lə-) adjective
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
circulate
vi circularEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.