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English verb: pass around | |||
| 1. | pass around (motion) cause be distributed | ||
| Samples | This letter is being circulated among the faculty. | ||
| Synonyms | circulate, distribute, pass on | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | scatter, send around, spread, spread out, utter | ||
| 2. | pass around (communication) cause to become widely known | ||
| Samples | Spread information. Circulate a rumor. Broadcast the news. | ||
| Synonyms | broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, propagate, spread | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | air, bare, publicise, publicize | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carry, generalise, generalize, podcast, popularise, popularize, run, sow, vulgarise, vulgarize | ||
| Cause | circulate, go around, spread | ||
| Verb group | circulate, go around, spread | ||
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