circulate

v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

v.intr.

1. To move in or flow through a circle or circuit: blood circulating through the body.
2. To move around, as from person to person or place to place: a guest circulating at a party.
3. To move about or flow freely, as air.
4. To spread widely among persons or places; disseminate: Gossip tends to circulate quickly.

v.tr.
To cause to move about or be distributed: Please circulate these fliers.

[From Middle English circulat, continuously distilled, from Latin circulātus, past participle of circulāre, to make circular, from circulus, circle. See circle.]

circulative cir'cu·la'tive (-lā'tĭv) adj.
circulator cir'cu·la'tor n.

verb

1. To move freely as a liquid: course, flow, run, stream. See move/halt.
2. To extend over a wide area: diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, radiate, scatter, spread, strew. See move/halt, wide/narrow.
3. To become known far and wide: get around, go around, spread, travel. Idioms: gomakethe rounds. See knowledge/ignorance.
4. To make (information) generally known: advertise, blaze, blazon, broadcast, bruit, disseminate, noise, promulgate, propagate, spread. Idioms: spread far and wide, spread the word. See knowledge/ignorance.
5. To pass (something) out: disperse, disseminate, distribute, hand out. See collect/distribute.

v

Definition: flow
Antonyms: block

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The verb has 8 meanings:

Meaning #1: become widely known and passed on
  Synonyms: go around, spread

Meaning #2: cause to become widely known
  Synonyms: circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around

Meaning #3: cause to be distributed
  Synonyms: pass around, pass on, distribute

Meaning #4: move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point, as of air or liquids

Meaning #5: move in circles
  Synonym: circle

Meaning #6: cause to move in a circuit or system

Meaning #7: move around freely

Meaning #8: cause to move around
  Synonyms: mobilize, mobilise

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - gå rundt, være i omløb
v. tr. - sætte i omløb, rundsende

Nederlands (Dutch)
rondsturen, in omloop brengen, circuleren, in omloop zijn, sociaal actief zijn (op feestje)

Français (French)
v. intr. - circuler, aller faire connaissance
v. tr. - faire circuler, faire circuler (le sang), (GB) mettre au courant

Deutsch (German)
v. - herumschicken, in Umlauf bringen, zirkulieren, im Umlauf sein

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - βρίσκομαι σε κυκλοφορία, κυκλοφορώ, θέτω σε κυκλοφορία, κυκλοφορώ, διαδίδομαι (ευρέως)

Italiano (Italian)
inviare, spargere, mettere in circolazione, circolare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - circular, disseminar, propagar

Русский (Russian)
передавать по кругу, распространять, циркулировать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - enviar, hacer circular, difundir
v. tr. - andar de un sitio para otro, poner en circulación

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - låta cirkulera, skicka omkring, dela ut, vara utbredd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
循环, 环行, 传阅, 传播, 流传, 流通, 使循环, 传递, 使传播

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 循環, 環行, 傳閱, 傳播, 流傳, 流通
v. tr. - 使循環, 傳遞, 使傳播, 傳閱

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 돌다, 여기 저기 걸어 다니다, 순회하다
v. tr. - 돌리다, 유포시키다, 순환시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 循環する, 巡回する, 流布する, 流通する, 配布する, 流通させる, 回す, 回覧させる, 広がる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) تنقل, جال, نشر, وزع, دور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הסתובב, התפשט, זרם, נע בחופשיות‬
v. tr. - ‮הפיץ, סובב, הכניס למחזור‬

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