Circulate
['sɜːkjʊleɪt] or ['sɝkjəlet]
Definition
(verb.) cause to become widely known; 'spread information'; 'circulate a rumor'; 'broadcast the news'.
(verb.) move around freely; 'She circulates among royalty'.
(verb.) move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; 'Blood circulates in my veins'; 'The air here does not circulate'.
(verb.) cause to move in a circuit or system; 'The fan circulates the air in the room'.
(verb.) cause be distributed; 'This letter is being circulated among the faculty'.
Typist: Oliver--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.
(v. i.) To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story circulates.
(v. t.) To cause to pass from place to place, or from person to person; to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of credit.
Typed by Gladys
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Move round, move in a circle.[2]. Spread, be diffused, have currency.
v. a. Spread, diffuse, disseminate, promulgate, propagate, give currency to, spread abroad.
Editor: Ronda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Disseminate, disuse, propagate, publish, notify, spread, travel
ANT:Suppress, avert, hush, cease, stagnate
Checked by Danny
Definition
v.t. to make to go round as in a circle: to spread: to repeat (of decimals).—v.i. to move round: to be spread about.—adj. Cir′culable capable of being circulated.—ns. Cir′culant; Circulā′tion the act of moving in a circle: the movement of the blood: the sale of a periodical: the publication of a report or of a book: the money in use at any time in a country.—adjs. Cir′culative Cir′culatory circulating.—n. Cir′culator.—Circulating library one where books are circulated among subscribers.
Edited by Edith
Examples
- It was the only thing which kept him awake, made his blood circulate, and did him good. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In convection, air and water circulate freely, carrying heat with them; in conduction, heat flows from a warm region toward a cold region, but there is no apparent motion of any kind. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- One million, therefore, will be sufficient to circulate it after them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That was how the phrase began to circulate, and what it meant; nothing more. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Though it goes backwards and forwards between the ground and the granary, it never changes masters, and therefore does not properly circulate. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- As soon as this volume began to circulate, Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt fell into a state of coma, arising either from sleep or a rheumatic paroxysm. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But the amount of the metal pieces which circulate in a society, can never be equal to the revenue of all its members. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The whole value of the great wheel of circulation and distribution is added to the goods which are circulated and distributed by means of it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He wrote an essay on his invention, and circulated it among his friends and teachers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Documents of various kinds, including gospels and apostolic epistles, circulated widely. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Those stories may have been true or they may have been circulated for political reasons. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Where no bank notes are circulated under ?10 value, as in London, paper money confines itself very much to the circulation between the dealers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The whole value of the gold and silver, therefore, which circulated in Scotland before the Union, cannot be estimated at less than a million sterling. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- First, of the money, by means of which all the other three are circulated and distributed to their proper consumers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The capital of a merchant, for example, is altogether a circulating capital. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It can seldom happen that much can be spared from the circulating money of the country; because in that there can seldom be much redundancy. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The circulating capital of a society is in this respect different from that of an individual. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It restrains the circulation of each particular company within a narrower circle, and reduces their circulating notes to a smaller number. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- My sisters used to subscribe to little circulating libraries in the neighbourhood, for the common novels of the day; but I always hated these. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Such capitals, therefore, may very properly be called circulating capitals. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Land, however improved, will yield no revenue without a circulating capital, which maintains the labourers who cultivate and collect its produce. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Fresh air from outside circulates over the radiators and then rises into the rooms to be heated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- That mysterious paper currency which circulates in London when the wind blows, gyrated here and there and everywhere. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The stove _S_, like all other stoves, has an inlet for air and an outlet _C_ for smoke; but in addition, it has built around it a chamber in which air circulates and is warmed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It will be seen that in this plan there is no sawdust or other preservative in contact with the ice, and that the air of the room circulates around and over the ice. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- They ascend into the heavens; they have discovered how the blood circulates, and the nature of the air we breathe. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The accompanying expansion reduces the temperature to a very low degree, and the brine which circulates around the coil _E_ acquires a temperature below the freezing point of pure water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A whisper circulates that this is Little Swills. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Virginia