Circulate meaning
To cause to move around freely or go from one person or place to another; place in circulation.
verb
To go from person to person or from place to place.
- To move about freely, as air.
- To move about as in society or at a party.
- To be made widely known, felt, established, distributed, etc.
- To be distributed to a circle or mass of readers or collectors.
verb
To spread widely among persons or places; disseminate.
Gossip tends to circulate quickly.
verb
To move in or flow through a circle or circuit.
Blood circulating through the body.
verb
To move about or flow freely, as air.
verb
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To move in or flow through a circle or a circuit. Blood circulates through the body as it flows out from the heart to the tissues and back again.
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The definition of circulate means to move around or through.
Blood moving through the body is an example of to circulate.
Moving from one person to another at a party is an example of to circulate.
verb
To move in or flow through a circle or circuit.
Blood circulating through the body.
verb
To move around, as from person to person or place to place.
A guest circulating at a party.
verb
To move about or flow freely, as air.
verb
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To cause to move about or be distributed.
Please circulate these fliers.
verb
To move in a circle, circuit, or course and return to the same point, as blood through the body.
verb
Origin of circulate
- From Middle English circulat continuously distilled from Latin circulātus past participle of circulāre to make circular from circulus circle circle
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Latin circulatus, past participle of circulare (“make circular, encircle”), a later collateral form of circulari (“form a circle (of men) around one's self”), from circulus (“a circle”)
From Wiktionary