transcription, транскрипция: [ sɜ:(r)kjʊleɪt ]
( circulates, circulating, circulated)
1.
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 Peking.
VERB : be V-ed , V n , V
• cir‧cu‧la‧tion
...an inquiry into the circulation of ‘unacceptable literature’.
N-UNCOUNT : usu the N of n
2.
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.
= spread
VERB : V , be V-ed , also V n
3.
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 odors can circulate throughout the entire house.
VERB : V , V , also V prep
• cir‧cu‧la‧tion
The north pole is warmer than the south and the circulation of air around it is less well contained.
...the principle of free circulation of goods.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
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.
VERB : V