(~s, circulating, ~d)
1.
If a piece of writing ~s or is ~d, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
The document was previously ~d 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
circulation
...an inquiry into the circulation of ‘unacceptable literature’.
N-UNCOUNT: usu the N of n
2.
If something such as a rumour ~s or is ~d, the people in a place tell it to each other.
Rumours were already beginning to ~ that the project might have to be abandoned...
I deeply resented those sort of rumours being ~d at a time of deeply personal grief.
= spread
VERB: V, be V-ed, also V n
3.
When something ~s, it moves easily and freely within a closed place or system.
...a virus which ~s via the bloodstream and causes ill health in a variety of organs...
Cooking odors can ~ throughout the entire house.
VERB: V, V, also V prep
circulation
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 ~ at a party, you move among the guests and talk to different people.
Let me get you something to drink, then I must ~.
VERB: V