circulate
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin circulatus, past participle of Late Latin circulare (“make circular, encircle”), a later collateral form of circulari (“form a circle (of men) around oneself”), from circulus (“a circle”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
circulate (third-person singular simple present circulates, present participle circulating, simple past and past participle circulated)
- (intransitive) to move in circles or through a circuit
- (transitive) to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit
- to move from person to person, as at a party
- to spread or disseminate
- to circulate money or gossip
- to become widely known
- (mathematics) Of decimals: to repeat.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
to move in circles
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to spread or disseminate
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Further reading edit
- “circulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “circulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
circulate
- inflection of circulare:
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
circulate f pl
Latin edit
Verb edit
circulāte
Spanish edit
Verb edit
circulate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of circular combined with te