Definition of Circulate

1. Verb. Become widely known and passed on. "The story went around in the office"

Exact synonyms: Go Around, Spread
Related verbs: Broadcast, Circularise, Circularize, Diffuse, Disperse, Disseminate, Distribute, Pass Around, Propagate, Spread
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Derivative terms: Spread, Spread

2. Verb. Cause to become widely known. "Broadcast the news"

3. Verb. Cause be distributed. "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
Exact synonyms: Distribute, Pass Around, Pass On
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Specialized synonyms: Send Around, Utter, Scatter, Spread, Spread Out
Derivative terms: Circular, Circulation, Circulation, Circulation

4. Verb. Move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point. "The air here does not circulate"
Specialized synonyms: Ventilate
Generic synonyms: Course, Feed, Flow, Run
Derivative terms: Circulation, Circulative

5. Verb. Move in circles.
Exact synonyms: Circle
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Orb, Orbit, Revolve, Troll, Loop, Loop
Derivative terms: Circle, Circle, Circle

6. Verb. Cause to move in a circuit or system. "The fan circulates the air in the room"
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Specialized synonyms: Convect
Derivative terms: Circulation, Circulation

7. Verb. Move around freely. "She circulates among royalty"
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Drift

8. Verb. Cause to move around. "Circulate a rumor"
Exact synonyms: Mobilise, Mobilize
Causes: Move
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Derivative terms: Circulation, Circulation, Circulation

Definition of Circulate

1. v. i. To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

2. v. t. To cause to pass from place to place, or from person to person; to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of credit.

Definition of Circulate

1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Circulate

circular fibres
circular file
circular folds
circular function
circular layers of muscular tunics
circular layer of muscular coat
circular layer of tympanic membrane
circular measure
circular plane
circular reaction
circular saw
circular sinus
circular sulcus of insula
circular sulcus of Reil
circulatable
circulate (current term)
circulated
circulates
circulating
circulating(a)
circulating decimal
circulating library
circulation
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circulations
circulation time
circulative
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circulators
circulatory

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