circulate

circuler, faire circuler

Se déplacer dans un lieu ou un système, ou y faire passer quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To move, or make something move, around a place or through a system.

• Air circulates through the room.
• The pump circulates water around the tank.
• Blood circulated freely through the patient's body.

Comment l'utiliser : circulate through something (Hot water circulates through the pipes.); circulate something around something (The fan circulates air around the room.)

Synonymes : flow, move around

Expressions courantes : circulate through something, circulate around something, circulate air

circuler, diffuser, distribuer

Passer d’une personne à une autre, ou transmettre quelque chose à plusieurs personnes.

En anglais simple : To spread, or pass something, from one person to another.

• Rumours circulate quickly online.
• She circulated the report to her colleagues.
• Several viruses are circulating in the community.

Comment l'utiliser : circulate something to someone (Please circulate the agenda to all staff.); circulate among someone (The rumour circulated among the students.)

Synonymes : spread, distribute, pass around

Expressions courantes : circulate a report, circulate among people, circulate widely

se répéter

Pour les chiffres après la virgule, se répéter indéfiniment dans le même ordre.

En anglais simple : For digits after a decimal point to repeat in the same order forever.

• In this decimal, the digits circulate.
• The decimal circulates rather than ending.
• Does the quotient circulate when written as a decimal?

Synonymes : repeat, recur

Contraires : terminate

Expressions courantes : digits circulate, decimals circulate