circulates
- 1Third-person singular simple present of circulate.
The newsletter circulates among staff at the start of each week.
A persistent rumor circulates whenever the board holds a closed meeting.
Note
One spelling carries both directions of the verb. Used intransitively, something moves on its own: a newsletter circulates, a rumor circulates. Used transitively, someone sets it moving: a manager circulates the memo. With a plural subject or after a modal, the -s drops (the papers circulate, it will circulate). A mathematical use belongs here too: a decimal that circulates is one whose digits repeat.
The office manager circulates the agenda before every meeting.
Written as a decimal, one third circulates: 0.333 without end.
circulates 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 → circulates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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