CIRCULARIZE
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)
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...):
canvas; canvass; poll (get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Canvass by using a questionnaire
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "circularize" is one way to...):
canvas; canvass (solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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
Meaning:
Cause to become widely known
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
disseminate; pass around; circulate; circularise; broadcast; diffuse; circularize; disperse; spread; propagate; distribute
Context examples:
spread information / circulate a rumor / 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)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "circularize"):
sough; 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
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
