CIRCULARIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does circularize mean? 

• CIRCULARIZE (verb)
  The verb CIRCULARIZE has 5 senses:

1. canvass by distributing letters

2. canvass by using a questionnaire

3. distribute circulars to

4. cause to become widely known

5. make circular

  Familiarity information: CIRCULARIZE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCULARIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they circularize    ... he / she / it circularizes   
Past simple: circularized   
Past participle: circularized   
-ing form: circularizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Canvass by distributing letters

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

circularise; circularize

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)

Sense 2

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 3

Meaning:

Distribute circulars to

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

circularise; circularize

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:

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 "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 5

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)

 Context examples 

This suggests the planet is not circularizing its orbit as fast as expected, and may take another 10 billion years or more to complete.

(Investigating the Mystery of Migrating 'Hot Jupiters', NASA)