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CIRCULARIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they circularize ... he / she / it circularizes
Past simple: circularized
Past participle: circularized
-ing form: circularizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make circular
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "circularize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
circular (having the shape or form of a circle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to become widely known
Example:
broadcast the news
Synonyms:
broadcast; circularise; circularize; circulate; diffuse; disperse; disseminate; distribute; pass around; propagate; spread
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "circularize" 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 "circularize"):
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
Sense 3
Meaning:
Distribute circulars to
Synonyms:
circularise; circularize
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "circularize" 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)
circularization (circulating printed notices as a means of advertising)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Canvass by using a questionnaire
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "circularize" is one way to...):
canvass (solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 5
Meaning:
Canvass by distributing letters
Synonyms:
circularise; circularize
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "circularize" 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)
circularization (circulating printed notices as a means of advertising)
