Definition of disseminate Disseminate

/dɪsɛˈmʌnejˌt/ - [disemuneyt] - dis•sem•i•nate

We found 9 definitions of disseminate from 6 different sources.

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What does disseminate mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

disseminate - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
  circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
  publicise, publicize, bare, air make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare"
  podcast distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
  sow introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs"
  go around, circulate, spread become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
  popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, generalise, generalize make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"
  carry, run continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • disseminate (v. t. & i.)
    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.
  • disseminate (v. t. & i.)
    To spread or extend by dispersion.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • disseminate
    To make known or public.
  • disseminate
    To cause to become widely known.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • disseminate
    dis-sem′i-nāt, v.t. to sow or scatter abroad: to propagate: to diffuse.—n. Disseminā′tion.—adj. Dissem′inative.—n. Dissem′inator. [L. disseminare, -ātumdis, asunder, semināre, to sow—semen, seminis, seed.]

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  • disseminate, verb, present, 1st person singular of disseminate (infinitive).
  • disseminate, verb (infinitive).

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