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English verb: circulate | |||
| 1. | circulate (communication) become widely known and passed on | ||
| Samples | The rumor spread. The story went around in the office. | ||
| Synonyms | go around, spread | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Verb group | broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread | ||
| 2. | circulate (communication) cause to become widely known | ||
| Samples | Spread information. Circulate a rumor. Broadcast the news. | ||
| Synonyms | broadcast, circularise, circularize, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, 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 | ||
| 3. | circulate (motion) cause be distributed | ||
| Samples | This letter is being circulated among the faculty. | ||
| Synonyms | distribute, pass around, 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 | ||
| 4. | circulate (motion) move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point | ||
| Samples | Blood circulates in my veins. The air here does not circulate. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | course, feed, flow, run | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ventilate | ||
| 5. | circulate (motion) move in circles | ||
| Synonyms | circle | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | loop, loop, orb, orbit, revolve, troll | ||
| 6. | circulate (motion) cause to move in a circuit or system | ||
| Samples | The fan circulates the air in the room. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | convect | ||
| Cause | circulate | ||
| 7. | circulate (motion) move around freely | ||
| Samples | She circulates among royalty. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | drift | ||
| 8. | circulate (change) cause to move around | ||
| Samples | Circulate a rumor. | ||
| Synonyms | mobilise, mobilize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Cause | move | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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