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circularizing

circularizing is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about circularizing

What is circularizing the present participle and gerund of?
Circularizing is the present participle and gerund of circularize.

Words near circularizing in the dictionary

  1. circularize
  2. circularized
  3. circularizer
  4. circularizers
  5. circularizes
  6. circularizing
  7. circularly
  8. circularly polarized light
  9. circularness
  10. circulars
  11. circularwise

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