circulation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)
noun movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
noun (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period

From Middle English circulacioun, from Latin circulatio. Morphologically circulate + -ion.

The word passed into circulation. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
Government Reports have no general circulation. — Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World, Mark Twain
Very small circulation in the 'sixties (neutral). — Great Britain and the American Civil War, Ephraim Douglass Adams

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