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9 definitions found for disseminate
Disseminate DISSEMINATE, v.t. [l., to sow; seed.]
disseminate v 1: cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around]
disseminate transitive verb (-nated; -nating) Etymology: Latin disseminatus, past participle of disseminare, from dis- + seminare to sow, from semin-, semen seed — more at semen Date: 1566 1. to spread abroad as though sowing seed <disseminate ideas> 2. to disperse throughout • dissemination noun • disseminator noun
disseminate
disseminate (disseminates, disseminating, disseminated) To disseminate information or knowledge means to distribute it so that it reaches many people or organizations. (FORMAL) They disseminated anti-French propaganda. = propagate VERB: V n • dissemination He promoted the dissemination of scientific ideas. N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
disseminate dɪˈsemɪneɪt v.tr. scatter about, spread (esp. ideas) widely. ødisseminated sclerosis = SCLEROSIS 2. øødissemination n. disseminator n. [L disseminare (as DIS-, semen -inis seed)]
Disseminate Dis*sem"i*nate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Disseminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseminating.] [L. disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- + seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary.] 1. To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation. 2. To spread or extend by dispersion. A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth. --Woodward. Syn: To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse; scatter.
disseminate v. a. Spread, propagate, diffuse, disperse, circulate, promulgate, spread abroad.
103 Moby Thesaurus words for "disseminate": advertise, announce, annunciate, assign, bed, bestrew, blazon, broadcast, carry over, circulate, circumfuse, communicate, consign, convey, deal out, deliver, deport, dibble, diffract, diffuse, dispense, disperse, dispread, distribute, diverge, drill, expel, export, extradite, fan out, forest, get across, get over, give, give word, hand forward, hand on, hand over, impart, implant, import, inseminate, issue, leave word, make known, make over, metastasize, metathesize, overscatter, oversow, overspread, pass, pass along, pass on, pass over, pass the buck, perfuse, plant, pot, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, publish, put in, radiate, reforest, relay, render, report, reset, retail, retimber, scatter, scatter seed, seed, seed down, seminate, send, send word, set, share, share with, signal, sow, sow broadcast, splay, spread, spread out, straw, strew, switch, tell, transfer, transfer property, transfuse, translate, translocate, transmit, transplace, transplant, transpose, turn over, utter |
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