circulates

Verb

circulate (third-person singular simple present circulates, present participle circulating, simple past and past participle circulated)

1. (intransitive) To move in circles or through a circuit.
2. (transitive) To cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit.
3. (intransitive) To move from person to person, as at a party.
   • In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian
4. (transitive) To spread or disseminate.
   • to circulate money or gossip
5. (intransitive) To become widely known.
6. (intransitive) Of decimals: to repeat.
   • a circulating decimal