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Verb circulate has 8 senses
  1. go around, spread, circulate - become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
    --1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
    --2 is one way to publicize, publicise, air, bare
    Derived form: noun circulation6
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute - cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among the faculty"
    --3 is one way to move, displace
    Derived forms: noun circular1, noun circulation4, noun circulation1, noun circulation6
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
  4. circulate - move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate"
    --4 is one way to     run, flow, feed, course
    Derived form: noun circulation2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  5. circle, circulate - move in circles
    --5 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Derived forms: noun circle8, noun circle4
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  6. circulate - cause to move in a circuit or system; "The fan circulates the air in the room"
    --6 is one way to     move, displace
    Derived forms: noun circulation2, noun circulation5
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  7. circulate - move around freely; "She circulates among royalty"
    --7 is one way to     travel, go, move, locomote
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s PP
  8. mobilize, mobilise, circulate - cause to move around; "circulate a rumor"
    --8 is one way to move, displace
    Derived forms: noun circulation2, noun circulation5, noun circulation6
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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