circulate

circulate
[[t]sɜ͟ː(r)kjʊleɪt[/t]]
circulates, circulating, circulated
1) V-ERG If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.

[be V-ed] The document was previously circulated in New York at the United Nations...

[V n] Public employees, teachers and liberals are circulating a petition for his recall...

This year anonymous leaflets have been circulating in Peking.

Derived words:
circulation [[t]sɜ͟ː(r)kjʊle͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] N-UNCOUNT usu the N of n

...an inquiry into the circulation of `unacceptable literature'.

2) V-ERG If something such as a rumour circulates or is circulated, the people in a place tell it to each other.

Rumours were already beginning to circulate that the project might have to be abandoned...

[be V-ed] I deeply resented those sort of rumours being circulated at a time of deeply personal grief. [Also V n]

Syn:
3) VERB When something circulates, it moves easily and freely within a closed place or system.

...a virus which circulates via the bloodstream and causes ill health in a variety of organs...

Cooking odors can circulate throughout the entire house. [Also V prep]

Derived words:
circulation N-UNCOUNT

The north pole is warmer than the south and the circulation of air around it is less well contained.

...the principle of free circulation of goods.

4) VERB If you circulate at a party, you move among the guests and talk to different people.

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


English dictionary. 2008.

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