circulating

UK: /ˈsɜːkjʊleɪtɪŋ/

From the verb circulate: (⇒ conjugate)

circulating is: ⓘ

v pres p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

cir•cu•late /ˈsɜrkyəˌleɪt/   v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. 

1. to move in a circle or circuit, such as blood in the body: [no object]
   Fresh air circulated down to our cabin in the ship.
   [~ + object]
   That system circulates blood to all parts of the body.
2. [no object] to pass from place to place, from person to person, etc.:
   I circulated among the guests during the party.
3. Library Science (of materials in a library) to (cause to) be available on loan outside the library: [no object]
   This book doesn't circulate because it's a reference book.
   [~ + object]
   We don't circulate reference books.
4. to (cause to) pass or be sold from place to place, etc.;
   disseminate;
   distribute: [~ + object]
   She promised to circulate a report.
   [no object]
   The report of his death was circulating quickly through the town.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

cir•cu•late  (sûr′kyə lāt′), v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. 
v.i. 

1. to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point:
   Blood circulates throughout the body.
2. to pass from place to place, from person to person, etc.:
   She circulated among her guests.
3. to be distributed or sold, esp. over a wide area.
4. Library Science (of books and other materials) to be available for borrowing by patrons of a library for a specified period of time.

v.t. 

5. to cause to pass from place to place, person to person, etc.;
   disseminate;
   distribute:
   to circulate a rumor.
6. Library Science to lend (books and other materials) to patrons of a library for a specified period of time.

• Latin circulātus (past participle of circulārī to gather round one, Medieval Latin circulāre to encircle), equivalent. to circul(us) circle + -ātus -ate¹
• 1425–75 for earlier senses; 1665–75 for current senses; late Middle English

cir′cu•lat′a•ble, adj. 
cir•cu•la•tive  (sûr′kyə lā′tiv, -lə tiv), adj.  cir•cu•la•to•ry  (sûr′kyə lə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē), adj.  Synonyms

• 3. disperse, spread, promulgate.

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circulate / ˈsɜːkjʊˌleɪt/ verb

1. to send, go, or pass from place to place or person to person: don't circulate the news
2. to distribute or be distributed over a wide area
3. to move or cause to move through a circuit, system, etc, returning to the starting point: blood circulates through the body
4. to move in a circle

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin circulārī to assemble in a circle, from circulus circle

ˈcircuˌlative adjective

ˈcircuˌlator noun

ˈcirculatory adjective