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Circulate (Verb)

Meaning 1

Cause to be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Synonyms

  • Pass On
  • Pass Around
  • Distribute

Hypernyms

  • Displace

Hyponyms

  • Scatter
  • Spread Out

Related Words

  • Circular (noun)
  • Circulation (noun)

Meaning 2

Move around freely from person to person or from place to place; "She circulates among royalty".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Hypernyms

  • Go
  • Locomote
  • Move

Meaning 3

Become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Go Around
  • Spread

Hypernyms

  • Go
  • Locomote
  • Travel

Meaning 4

Move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Hypernyms

  • Flow
  • Feed
  • Course

Related Words

  • Circulation (noun)
  • Circulative (adjective)

Meaning 5

Cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Broadcast
  • Disperse
  • Circularize
  • Circularise
  • Propagate
  • Disseminate
  • Spread
  • Pass Around
  • Distribute
  • Diffuse

Hypernyms

  • Bare
  • Publicise
  • Air

Hyponyms

  • Vulgarize
  • Vulgarise
  • Generalise
  • Run
  • Generalize
  • Popularise

Related Words

  • Circulation (noun)

Meaning 6

Cause to move in a circuit or system; "The fan circulates the air in the room".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Hypernyms

  • Displace

Related Words

  • Circulation (noun)
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