circulateverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈsɜː.kjə.leɪt/us/ˈsɝː.kjə.leɪt/to go around or through something, or to make something go around or through something:
Hot water circulates through the heating system.
I've circulated a good luck card for everyone to sign.
to move around at a party, etc., talking to different people :
I try to circulate at a party and not just stay with the friends I came with.
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General words for movement
- betake
- budge
- budge up
- come
- gangway!
- go around
- go by
- head
- manoeuvre
- mill around
- mobility
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- motility
- move
- round
- steer
- stir
- sway
- travel
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