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[ verb ] cause to become widely known

Examples

"spread information" "circulate a rumor" "broadcast the news"

Used in print

(Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)

Only a_few years ago a middle_western college circulated a request for a teacher of interior_design .

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

Such was the impromptu that Voltaire gave to howls of laughter at Sans_Souci and that was soon circulated in manuscript throughout the literary circles of Europe , to be printed sometime later , but with the name of Timon_of_Athens , the famous misanthrope , substituted for that of Rousseau .

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[ verb ] become widely known and passed on

Synonyms

spread go_around

Examples

"the rumor spread" "the story went around in the office"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Indeed , from the moment the reports of the coming issue first started circulating in Dallas last January , the inquiries and demand for the stock started building_up .

(Guideposts BR-E01. Mr. America, 4:6 (November, 1961)...)

This month a_million Guideposts will circulate all_over the world .

3
[ verb ] move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

Examples

"Blood circulates in my veins" "The air here does not circulate"

Used in print

(Science of Mind, 34:11...)

And if you should step inside of such a magnified atom , according to the physics of forty years ago , you would see circulating over your head , down at the sides , and under your feet , some twenty luminous balls about the size of footballs .

Related terms

run ventilate circulation

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[ verb ] cause to be distributed

Examples

"This letter is circulating among the faculty"

Used in print

([Anonymous,] "What You Should Know About Air...)

For cooling , chilled water is circulated instead of hot water .

5
[ verb ] move in circles

Synonyms

circle

Related terms

travel orbit loop loop troll circle

6
[ verb ] move around freely

Examples

"She circulates among royalty"

Related terms

travel drift

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[ verb ] cause to move in a circuit or system

Examples

"The fan circulates the air in the room"

Related terms

move convect

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[ verb ] cause to move around

Synonyms

mobilise mobilize

Examples

"circulate a rumor"

Related terms

move circulation move

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