circulated
- 1Simple past and past participle of circulate.
Rumors circulated quickly after the surprise announcement.
The report circulated among the committee before the vote.
Note
A form that follows the verb's two habits. When circulate means moving on its own, as rumors and blood do, the participle takes have: the story has circulated for weeks. When it means sending something around, it can turn passive: the memo was circulated to staff. Only that transitive use allows the passive, and the passive participle placed before a noun is where the adjective begins.
By noon the rumor had circulated through the whole office.
The draft was circulated to every member in advance.
- 2Distributed around a circuit or closed path.
The circulated coolant carried heat away from the machinery.
Technicians checked the pressure of the circulated fluid at each valve.
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circulated is a form of circulate
circulate, verb: To spread information or items widely so that they reach many people. Full entry
- Forms
- circulatecirculates he/she/itcirculating -ing formcirculated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- circulate → circulated: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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