circulate
circulate is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.
- intransitive verb. To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story circulates.
- transitive verb. 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.
- verb. cause to move around
"circulate a rumor"
- verb. cause to become widely known
"spread information"
"circulate a rumor"
- verb. become widely known and passed on
"the rumor spread"
"the story went around in the office"
- verb. move around freely
"She circulates among royalty"
- verb. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
"Blood circulates in my veins"
"The air here does not circulate"
- verb. cause to move in a circuit or system
"The fan circulates the air in the room"
- verb. cause be distributed
"This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
- verb. move in circles
Synonyms
mobilise, mobilize, broadcast, circularise, circularize, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, propagate, spread, circle
Common word forms
circulated, circulates, circulating
Words from these letters
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