Definition of circulated Circulated

/sɚˈkjʌlejˌtʌd/ - [serkyuleytud] - cir•cu•lat•ed

We found 3 definitions of circulated from 2 different sources.

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What does circulated mean?

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Part of speech

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  • circulated, verb, past participle of circulate (infinitive).
  • circulated, verb, past simple of circulate (infinitive).

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Verb

circulates, circulating, circulated  

circulate - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
  circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
  publicise, publicize, bare, air make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare"
  podcast distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
  sow introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs"
  go around, circulate, spread become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
  popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, generalise, generalize make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"
  carry, run continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
circulate - cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
  pass around, pass on, distribute
  displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
  send around forward to others; "he is sending around an appeal for funds"
  utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
  scatter, spread out, spread distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
circulate - cause to move in a circuit or system; "The fan circulates the air in the room"
  circulate cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
  displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
  convect circulate hot air by convection
circulate - move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate"
  course, flow, feed, run hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"
  ventilate furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape; "The architect did not think about ventilating the storage space"
circulate - move around freely; "She circulates among royalty"
  locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
  drift be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
circulate - move in circles
  circle
  locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
  orb, orbit, revolve move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
  troll speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
  loop fasten or join with a loop; "He looped the watch through his belt"
  loop fasten or join with a loop; "He looped the watch through his belt"
circulate - cause to move around; "circulate a rumor"
  mobilize, mobilise
  move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
  displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
circulate - become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
  go around, spread
  locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • circulate (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.
  • circulate (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.
  • circulate (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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • circulate
    To divide or distribute something in an even way.
  • circulate
    To move in circles.
  • circulate
    To cause to become widely known.
  • circulate
    To become widely known and passed on.
  • circulate
    To move through a space, circuit or system, and then return to the starting point (e.g. of blood).

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • circulate
    sėr′kū-lāt, 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. [L. circulāre, -ātum.]

Part of speech

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  • circulate, verb, present, 1st person singular of circulate (infinitive).
  • circulate, verb (infinitive).

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