verb
1. cause to become widely known
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spread information
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circulate a rumor
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broadcast the news
• Syn:
↑circulate, ↑circularize, ↑circularise, ↑distribute, ↑disseminate, ↑propagate, ↑broadcast, ↑spread, ↑diffuse, ↑disperse
• 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 (for: ↑circulate)
• Hyponyms:
↑podcast, ↑sow, ↑popularize, ↑popularise, ↑vulgarize, ↑vulgarise, ↑generalize, ↑generalise, ↑carry, ↑run
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
2. cause be distributed
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This letter is being circulated among the faculty
• Syn: ↑circulate, ↑pass on, ↑distribute
• Hyponyms: ↑send around, ↑utter, ↑spread, ↑scatter, ↑spread out
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s something to somebody
Useful english dictionary. 2012.