英和和英

発音

• enPR: sər'kyo͝o-lāt
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɜː.kjʊˌleɪt/
  • (General American) IPA: /ˈsɝ.kjʊˌleɪt/

動詞

circulate (third-person singular simple present circulates, present participle circulating, simple past and past participle circulated)

1. (intransitive) to move in circles or through a circuit
2. (transitive) to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit
3. to move from person to person, as at a party
   • 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian‎:

     In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.

4. to spread or disseminate

   to circulate money or gossip

5. to become widely known
6. (mathematics) Of decimals: to repeat.

同意語

• put about
• spread
• disseminate

派生語

Further reading

• “circulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “circulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.