CIRCULARISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does circularise mean? 

• CIRCULARISE (verb)
  The verb CIRCULARISE has 3 senses:

1. canvass by distributing letters

2. distribute circulars to

3. cause to become widely known

  Familiarity information: CIRCULARISE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCULARISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they circularise    ... he / she / it circularises   
Past simple: circularised   
Past participle: circularised   
-ing form: circularising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Canvass by distributing letters

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

circularise; circularize

Hypernyms (to "circularise" is one way to...):

canvass; poll (get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

circular (an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution)

circularisation (circulating printed notices as a means of advertising)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Distribute circulars to

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

circularise; circularize

Hypernyms (to "circularise" is one way to...):

send around (forward to others)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

circular (an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution)

circularisation (circulating printed notices as a means of advertising)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to become widely known

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

broadcast; circularise; circularize; circulate; diffuse; disperse; disseminate; distribute; pass around; propagate; spread

Context example:

broadcast the news

Hypernyms (to "circularise" is one way to...):

air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)

Cause:

circulate; go around; spread (become widely known and passed on)

Verb group:

circulate; go around; spread (become widely known and passed on)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "circularise"):

podcast (distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer)

sow (introduce into an environment)

generalise; generalize; popularise; popularize; vulgarise; vulgarize (cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use)

carry; run (include as the content; broadcast or publicize)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

circular (an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution)