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circulate

/ˈsɝ.kjʊˌleɪt/

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What does circulate mean?

verb

  1. To move in circles or through a circuit.
  2. To cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit.
  3. To move from person to person, as at a party.
More meanings (3)

verb

  1. To spread or disseminate.
  2. To become widely known.
  3. Of decimals: to repeat.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsɝ.kjʊˌleɪt/

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Nevertheless, all commodities and ideas circulate throughout the Union as freely as in a country inhabited by one people.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815
“I should like to rap with a good stick on the empty pates of the dolts who circulate such nonsense!”
Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of the Seven GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #77
More book examples (3)
Ail the walls were double and were made of windproof material, with about an inch between for the air to circulate.
Roald AmundsenThe South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1Translated by Arthur G. ChaterProject Gutenberg ebook #3414
Though it goes backwards and forwards between the ground and the granary, it never changes masters, and therefore does not properly circulate.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
Nevertheless, after the affray which I have just related, such reports began to circulate that I felt it necessary to be on my guard.
Anthony HopeThe prisoner of ZendaProject Gutenberg ebook #95