circulate
Meaning of circulate
- move continuously or freely through a closed system or area.
antibodies circulate in the bloodstream
the fan circulates hot air around the oven
- pass from place to place or person to person.
rumours of his arrest circulated
they were circulating the list to conservation groups
late 15th century (as an alchemical term meaning ‘distil something in a closed container, allowing condensed vapour to return to the original liquid’): from Latin circulat- ‘moved in a circular path’, from the verb circulare, from circulus ‘small ring’ (see circle). circulate (sense 1) dates from the mid 17th century.
Information about circulate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of circulate is: circulates.
- Languages in which circulate is used:
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Hyphenation of circulate
cir-cu-late
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- circulate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
circulate synonyms
Meaning go around:
Meaning circularize:
circularize, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse
Meaning pass around:
Meaning circle:
Meaning mobilize:
Meaning (of a liquid, gas, or electricity) move steadily and continuously in a current or stream:
Meaning (of liquid) move without obstruction; flow:
Meaning impart or pass on (information, news, or ideas):
Meaning cause (something) to pass on from one person or place to another:
Meaning express (an opinion or grievance) publicly:
Meaning make (something) widely known:
Meaning describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance:
Meaning print (something) in a book or journal so as to make it generally known:
Meaning announce or publish (something, especially a financial result):
Meaning promote or make widely known (an idea or cause):
Meaning formally send out or make known:
Meaning provide or supply (food, drink, or other goods) as one's business:
Translation of circulate
- French: répartir
- Spanish: repartir, distribuir, circular, girar, comunicar, difundir, propagar, diseminar, difundirse
- Portuguese: repartir
- Italian: distribuire, suddividere, ripartire, girare, circolare, comunicare, trasmettere, diffondere, diramare, propagare, divulgare, diffondersi
- German: kreisen
Words that rhyme with circulate
late, Kayexalate, Tornalate, alate, aminodimethylterephthalate, aminoisophthalate, aminophthalate, aminoterephthalate, amygdalate, aurothiomalate, balate, benzylphthalate, bialate, binoxalate, bioxalate, bisphthalate, bisterephthalate, bolmantalate, bromoisophthalate, bromoterephthalate, butylbenzylphthalate, butylisophthalate, butylmalate, butylorthophthalate, butylphthalate, butylterephthalate, carbonylbisphthalate, cardinalate, cephalate, chloroisophthalate, chlorophthalate, chloroterephthalate, chronadalate, columbotantalate, coumalate, cyanoterephthalate, cyclometalate, dealate, deescalate, desoxalate, diacetoxyterephthalate, diallylphthalate, dianilinoterephthalate, dibromoterephthalate, dibutoxyterephthalate, dichlorophthalate, dichloroterephthalate, didodecylphthalate, diethylphthalate, difluoroterephthalate