circulate

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verb

1. become widely known and passed on (Freq. 2)
- the rumor spread
- the story went around in the office
• Syn:
go around, spread
• Derivationally related forms:
spread (for: spread)
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Verb Group:
circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate,
broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. cause to become widely known (Freq. 2)
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
• Syn:
circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate,
broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
• Derivationally related forms:
dispersive (for: disperse), dispersion (for: disperse), dispersal (for: disperse), diffusive (for: diffuse), diffusion (for: diffuse), spread (for: spread), spreading (for: spread), broadcast (for: broadcast), propagation (for: propagate), propagator (for: propagate), disseminative (for: disseminate), dissemination (for: disseminate), disseminator (for: disseminate), circular (for: circularise), circulation
• Hypernyms:
publicize, publicise, air, bare
• Hyponyms:
podcast, sow, popularize, popularise, vulgarize,
vulgarise, generalize, generalise, carry, run
• Verb Group:
go around, spread
• Cause:
go around, spread
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. cause be distributed (Freq. 1)
- This letter is being circulated among the faculty
• Syn:
pass around, pass on, distribute
• Derivationally related forms:
circular, circulation
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
send around, utter, spread, scatter, spread out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
4. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point (Freq. 1)
- Blood circulates in my veins
- The air here does not circulate
• Derivationally related forms:
circulative, circulation
• Hypernyms:
run, flow, feed, course
• Hyponyms:
ventilate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
5. move in circles
• Syn:
circle
• Derivationally related forms:
circle, circle (for: circle)
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
orb, orbit, revolve, troll, loop
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
6. cause to move in a circuit or system
- The fan circulates the air in the room
• Derivationally related forms:
circulation
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
convect
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
7. move around freely
- She circulates among royalty
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
drift
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
8. cause to move around
- circulate a rumor
• Syn:
mobilize, mobilise
• Derivationally related forms:
circulation
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Cause:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  mobilize, mobilise, circle, pass around, pass on, distribute, go around, spread