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circularise

circularise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of circularize.

Meaning of circularize

Verb

circularize (third-person singular simple present circularizes, present participle circularizing, simple past and past participle circularized)

  1. (intransitive) To publicize something by publishing and distributing circulars.
  2. (transitive) To distribute a circular or circulars to.
    • Mr and Mrs Aloysius Kirby announce the marriage of their daughter Katherine – I knew neither the girl nor the man she was marrying. They must be circularizing the town.1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Folio Society, published 2008, page 56
  3. To canvass opinion by using a questionnaire.
  4. (transitive) To make (something) circular in shape.

Forms of circularise

third-person singular presentcircularises
present participlecircularising
past participlecircularised
pastcircularised

Origin of circularise

From circular + -ise.

Words formed from circularise

Questions about circularise

What is circularise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Circularise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of circularize.

Words near circularise in the dictionary

  1. circulared
  2. circularin
  3. circularing
  4. circularisation
  5. circularisations
  6. circularise
  7. circularised
  8. circulariser
  9. circularisers
  10. circularises
  11. circularising

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: circularise (page history and authors); circularize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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