verb
- Become widely known and passed on.
- usage: "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
- Cause to become widely known.
- usage: "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
- synonyms: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
- Cause be distributed.
- usage: "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
- synonyms: circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
- Move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point.
- usage: "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate"
- synonyms: circulate
- Move in circles.
- Cause to move in a circuit or system.
- usage: "The fan circulates the air in the room"
- synonyms: circulate
- Move around freely.
- usage: "She circulates among royalty"
- synonyms: circulate
- Cause to move around.
- usage: "circulate a rumor"
adjective
- Passing from one to another.
- usage: "circulating bills and coins"