1 when a liquid, gas, or air circulates or is circulated, it moves continuously around a place or system:
[V] The condition prevents the blood from circulating freely. * [VN] Cooled air is circulated throughout the building.
2 if a story, an idea, information, etc. circulates or if you circulate it, it spreads or it is passed from one person to another:
[V] Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems. [also VN]
3 [VN] ~ sth (to sb) to send goods or information to all the people in a group:
The document will be circulated to all members.
4 [V] to move around a group, especially at a party, talking to different people
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is circulate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, circulate is tagged as verb.
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