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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Circulating

The research team is now extending its work to include all three groups of circulating influenza viruses.

Does circulating mean being epidemic?

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Not necessarily: -------- cir·cu·late 3 : to move, pass, or go around freely from person to person or from place to place ---------

— Marius Hancu

  • Not necessarily: -------- cir·cu·late 3 : to move, pass, or go around freely from person to person or from place to place ---------
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Not necessarily:
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cir·cu·late
3 : to move, pass, or go around freely from person to person or from place to place


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Thanks, Marius.
I understand it is the best to put the meaning the dictiorany says on this sentence.
I think, in medical terms, circulating viruses means ones that scientists anticipate circulating after the outbreak is observed.
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My point is different:

You don't need an epidemic (which is an extreme case) for them to circulate.
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I totally agree with you, Marius. I think my point is now the same as yours.
I used the word outbreak, which I just meant 'viruses are observed.' I'm not quite sure what outbreak means.
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b : a sudden rise in the incidence of a disease especially to epidemic or near epidemic proportions <an outbreak of flu>
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Thanks so much, Marius.
I usually take Cambridge and ALC , but if I took M-W, which I should, I would've understood it earlier. In other words, if you hadn't told me I'd be struggling now.
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