| query | If something such as a rumour circulates or is c_________, the people in a place tell it to each other.If something such as a rumour circulates or is circulated, the people in a place tell it to each other. Rumours were already beginning to circulate that the project might have to be abandoned. I deeply resented those sort of rumours being circulated at a time of deeply personal grief. |
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| word | circulate |
| full-definition | verb If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people. The document was previously circulated in New York at the United Nations. Public employees, teachers and liberals are circulating a petition for his recall. This year anonymous leaflets have been circulating in Beijing. ...an inquiry into the circulation of 'unacceptable literature'. If something such as a rumour circulates or is circulated, the people in a place tell it to each other. Rumours were already beginning to circulate that the project might have to be abandoned. I deeply resented those sort of rumours being circulated at a time of deeply personal grief. When something circulates, it moves easily and freely within a closed place or system. ...a virus which circulates via the bloodstream and causes ill health in a variety of organs. Cooking odours can circulate throughout the entire house. Use a fan to aid the circulation of air in the room. ...the principle of free circulation of goods. If you circulate at a party, you move among the guests and talk to different people. Let me get you something to drink, then I must circulate. |
| inflections | circulatescirculatingcirculatedcirculationcirculation |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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