English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “circulate”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for circulate is cir-cu-late, with 2 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
cir-cu-late
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result cir-cu-late The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordcirculate
Hyphenationcir-cu-late
Break points2
Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/ˈsərkjəˌleɪt/
Meaning & usage

What does “circulate” mean?

circulate: Move or cause to move continuously or freely through a closed system or area.

Headwordcirculate
Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/ˈsərkjəˌleɪt/
1
verb

Move or cause to move continuously or freely through a closed system or area.

Example: “antibodies circulate in the bloodstream”

Synonyms:
course flow go round move round
2
verb

Pass or cause to pass from place to place or person to person.

Example: “rumors of his arrest circulated”

Synonyms:
air communicate disseminate spread transmit bandy about make known pass around pass on put about spread about spread around
Word breaks

How “circulate” is split

cir·cu·late

For US English, the hyphenation result is cir-cu-late. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “circulate”

How do you hyphenate “circulate”?

In the US-English result used here, circulate is hyphenated as cir-cu-late.

Where can “circulate” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.

What does “circulate” mean?

Move or cause to move continuously or freely through a closed system or area.

Can you use “circulate” in a sentence?

“antibodies circulate in the bloodstream”

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