circulate

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to move in circles or through a circuit
2. (transitive) 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
4. to spread or disseminate
5. to become widely known
6. Of decimals: to repeat.

Synonyms

spread

go around

disseminate

propagate

distribute

diffuse

circle

⭕

broadcast

move around

flow

pass around

pass on

revolve

get about

circularize

mobilize

cycle

drift

issue

loop

➿

circularise

go about

rumour

get around

rotate

turn

promulgate

pass

circumvent

put about

move

mobilise

disperse

make known

orbit

spread widely

dispense

dish out

circuit

dilate

circle round

bring on

descend

current

currency

change hands

book cover

be about

go round

go

Translations

circuler

circular

circolare

girare

kreisen

⭕

zirkulieren

circular

umlaufen

diramare

kursieren

circuleren

circular

rondgaan

κυκλοφορώ

in omloop zijn

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɚ.kjʊˌleɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin circulātus, perfect passive participle of Late Latin circulō (“to make circular, encircle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), a later collateral form of circulor (“form a circle (of men) around oneself”), from circulus (“a circle”). See also Middle English circulat(e) (“(alchemy) changed by continuous distillation in a closed vessel”).