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1. Become widely known and passed on
   "the story circulated in the office";
   - go around, spread
    
2. Cause to become widely known
   "circulate a rumour";
   - circularize, circularise [Brit], distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
    
3. Cause to be distributed, e.g. to all relevant people, everyone on a list, etc.
   "This letter is being circulated among the faculty";
   - 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. Cause to move in a circuit or system
   "The fan circulates the air in the room"
    
6. Move around freely from person to person or from place to place
   "She circulates among royalty"

Derived forms: circulating, circulates, circulated

Type of: air, bare, course, displace, feed, flow, go, locomote, move, publicise [Brit], publicize, run, travel

Encyclopedia: Circulate