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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Circulate \Cir"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Circulated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Circulating.] [L. circulatus, p. p. of
     circulare, v. t., to surround, make round, circulari, v. i.,
     to gather into a circle. See Circle.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and
        return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the
        body. --Boyle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To pass from place to place, from person to person, or
        from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a
        story circulates.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Circulating decimal. See Decimal.
  
     Circulating library, a library whose books are loaned to
        the public, usually at certain fixed rates.
  
     Circulating medium. See Medium.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Circulate \Cir"cu*late\, 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Circulating pump. See under Pump.
  
     Syn: To spread; diffuse; propagate; disseminate.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Circulate \Cir"cu*late\, 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.
  
     Circulating pump. See under Pump.
  
     Syn: To spread; diffuse; propagate; disseminate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Circulate \Cir"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ciorculated; P.
     pr. & vb. n. Circulating.] [L. circulatus, p. p. of
     circulare, v. t., to surround, make round, circulari, v. i.,
     to gather into a circle. See Circle.]
     1. To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and
        return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the
        body. --Boyle.
  
     2. To pass from place to place, from person to person, or
        from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a
        story circulates.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  circulate
       v 1: become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the
            story went around in the office" [syn: go around, spread]
       2: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
          "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circularize,
           circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate,
          broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around]
       3: cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among
          the faculty" [syn: pass around, pass on, distribute]
       4: move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the
          starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air
          here does not circulate"
       5: move in circles [syn: circle]
       6: cause to move in a circuit or system; "The fan circulates
          the air in the room"
       7: move around freely; "She circulates among royalty"
       8: cause to move around; "circulate a rumor" [syn: mobilize,
          mobilise]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  circulate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     κυκλοφορώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  circulate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la circulō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: circular)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  circulate
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) to move in circles or through a circuit
     2 (lb en 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 (lb en math) Of decimals: to repeat.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  circulate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la circulō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: circular)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  circulate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la circulō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: circular)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  circulate
     Englanti vb.
     1 kiertää, levitä
     2 kierrättää, levittää
     3 kierrellä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  circulate
     Engelska vb.
     cirkulera

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Circulate /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪt/
  وزّع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  circulate //ˈsɚˌkju.leɪt// 
  1. кръжа, обикалям
  to move in circles
  2. разпространявам
  to spread or disseminate

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  circulate /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪt/
   [eko] obíhat, uvádět do oběhu

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  circulate /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  cirkulovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  circulate /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪt/
  kolovat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  circulate /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  cylchredeg 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  circulate /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  kursieren , im Umlauf sein 
        "A joke circulated among the students that …"  - Unter den Studenten kursierte der Witz, dass …
   see: circulating, circulated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  circulate /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  treiben  [techn.]
           Note: Metallurgie
     Synonym: be in circulation
  
   see: circulating, being in circulation, circulated, been in circulation
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  circulate /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  Wasser/Luft usw. umwälzen  [techn.]
     Synonym: recirculate water/air etc.
  
   see: circulating, recirculating, circulated, recirculated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  circulate /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  etw. verbreiten, kolportieren, in Umlauf bringen, in die Welt setzen 
        "Large figures were circulated."  - Es wurden große Summen kolportiert.
     Synonyms: spread, put about, bandy around, bandy about, circulate sth.
  
   see: spreading, circulating, putting about, bandying around, bandying about, circulating, spread, circulated, put about, bandied around, bandied about, circulated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  circulate /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  zirkulieren, umlaufen, kreisen  [techn.]
   see: circulating, circulated
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  circulate /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪt/
  
  κυκλοφορώ

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  circulate //ˈsɚˌkju.leɪt// 
  1. kierittää, pyörittää
  to cause to move in circles
  2. kiertää
  to move from person to person
  3. kiertää, pyöriä
  to move in circles
  4. levittää
  to spread or disseminate

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  circulate /səːkjuleit/
  circuler

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  circulate /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  1. चारों~ओर~भेजना
        "The fan circulates the air in the room."
  2. फैलाना
        "Some magazines circulate rumours."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  circulate /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪt/
  kružiti, prometovati

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  circulate /sɜːrkjəleıt/
  cirkuliuoti

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  circulate /ˈsɜ:kjʊleɪt/ 
   1.  krążyć
   2.  rozpowszechniać, rozsyłać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  circulate /səːkjuleit/
  circular

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  circulate /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪt/
  1. deveran etmek dolaşmak, cevelân etmek
  2. dağıtmak, elden ele geçirmek: dolaştırmak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈsɝkjəˌɫeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  119 Moby Thesaurus words for "circulate":
     advertise, air, announce, become public, break, bring out,
     broadcast, bruit about, buzz about, circle, circuit, circuiteer,
     circumambulate, circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumrotate,
     circumvent, circumvolute, close the circle, come across with,
     come forth, come full circle, come out, compass, course, crank,
     cycle, deliver, deliver over, demonetize, describe a circle,
     devaluate, devalue, disseminate, distribute, divulge, encircle,
     encompass, find vent, flank, flow, fly about, fork over, forward,
     get about, get abroad, get afloat, get around, get exposure,
     girdle, girdle the globe, give in, give out, give over, go about,
     go around, go forth, go round, go the round, go the rounds, gyrate,
     gyre, hand, hand in, hand out, hand over, have currency, issue,
     lap, make a circuit, make known, noise abroad, orbit, pass,
     pass out, pass over, pirouette, pivot, proclaim, promulgate,
     publicize, publish, put about, put out, reach, reissue, remonetize,
     render, report, resign, revalue, reveal, revolve, rotate, round,
     run, screw, see the light, skirt, spin, spiral, spread,
     spread about, spread like wildfire, surrender, surround, swing,
     swivel, transfer, turn, turn a pirouette, turn around, turn over,
     turn round, twist, utter, wamble, wheel, wind
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 流通,循环,传播;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vi.
     vt. (使)流通,使)循环,(使)传播

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