circulate
Verb (Transitive):
- To cause to move around or through a closed system or area: To make something flow or pass continuously along a path, often returning to its starting point.
- To distribute or pass something among a group of people: To cause information, documents, or items to be spread among people.
Verb (Intransitive):
- To move continuously through a closed system or area: To flow along a path, often in a circuit.
- To move freely among people at a social gathering: To move around and interact with different people in a group.
- To become widely known or distributed: To spread among people or through an area.
Transitive Verb:
- Please circulate the memo to all department heads. (Cause to be distributed)
- The fan helps circulate the air in the room. (Cause to move around)
- They tried to circulate a false rumor about the merger. (Cause to become widely known)
Intransitive Verb:
- Blood must circulate properly for good health. (Move in a circuit)
- At the party, it's polite to circulate and talk to different guests. (Move around freely among people)
- The news of his resignation began to circulate quickly through the office. (Become widely known)
"to circulate a petition": To pass a document around for people to read and sign.
- Activists are circulating a petition to save the local park.
"to circulate widely": To spread over a large area or among many people.
- The article circulated widely on social media.
Circulation (n): The movement or passage of something in a closed system, or the number of copies of a publication distributed.
- The newspaper has a daily circulation of 500,000 copies.
- Regular exercise improves blood circulation.
Circulatory (adj): Relating to the movement of blood through the body.
- The heart is the main organ of the circulatory system.
- Distribute: To give out or deliver something to a number of people.
- Spread: To become distributed or widely known.
- Flow: To move in a steady, continuous stream.
- Propagate: To spread and promote an idea, theory, etc., widely.
(Note: "Circulate" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically expressed through the verb itself with prepositions like "among," "through," or "around.")
"Money/currency in circulation": The total amount of money that is being used in an economy at a given time.
- The central bank increased the amount of money in circulation.
"To get into circulation": To begin to be used, seen, or known by people.
- The new stamps will get into circulation next month.
- cause to move around
- circulate a rumor
- move around freely
- She circulates among royalty
- cause to move in a circuit or system
- The fan circulates the air in the room
- move in circles
- move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
- Blood circulates in my veins
- The air here does not circulate
- cause be distributed
- This letter is being circulated among the faculty
- cause to become widely known
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
- become widely known and passed on
- the rumor spread
- the story went around in the office