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disseminate en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪˈsɛməˌneɪt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪˈsemɪˌnæɪt/ (Australia)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ Proto-Italic *sēmn̥ Latin sēmen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin sēminō Latin dissēminō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin dissēminātusbor. English disseminate Borrowed from Latin dissēminātus, the perfect passive participle of dissēminō (“to broadcast, disseminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from dis- (“asunder, in all directions”) + sēminō (“to plant, sow”), from sēmen (“seed”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English disseminat(e) (“disseminated”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
2. (intransitive) To become widespread.
   • As the missletoe is disseminated by birds, its existence depends on birds; and it may metaphorically be said to struggle with other fruit-bearing plants, in order to tempt birds to devour and thus disseminate its seeds rather than those of other plants. In these several senses, which pass into each other, I use for convenience sake the general term of struggle for existence. 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
   • The values of the human rights movement have disseminated throughout the world.

Forms

Coordinates

promulgate

Deriveds

redisseminate · disseminatability · disseminatable · disseminatory · undisseminatable · autodisseminate · disseminative · undisseminatability · dissemination · disseminator

Relateds

semen · inseminate · seminate

Synonyms

circulate · spread · propagate

Translations (60)

pl rozprzestrzeniać (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · ja 広める (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · ga scaip (intransitive: to become scattered) · ja 広まる (intransitive: to become scattered) · cmn 散播 (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · ru рассе́иваться (intransitive: to become scattered) · fr disséminer (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · ko 퍼지다 (intransitive: to become scattered) · nl uitdragen (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · ga síolaigh (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · de veröffentlichen (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · ga síolaigh (intransitive: to become scattered) · tr yayılmak (intransitive: to become scattered) · de verteilen (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · sv sprida (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · tr yaymak (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · ga scaip (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · ru распространя́ться (intransitive: to become scattered) · pl szerzyć się (intransitive: to become scattered) · de aussäen (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · cmn 傳播 /传播 (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · de disseminieren (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · pl rozpowszechnić (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · fi levitä (intransitive: to become scattered) · de ausbreiten (intransitive: to become scattered) · de säen (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · sv utsprida (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · ru рассе́ивать (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · hu szétszóródik (intransitive: to become scattered) · pl rozpowszechniać (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · sv spridas (intransitive: to become scattered) · de verstreuen (intransitive: to become scattered) · ja 蒔く (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · bg разпространявам се (intransitive: to become scattered) · es diseminar (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · pl szerzyć (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · de ausbreiten (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · mi whakahōrapa (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · de verbreiten (intransitive: to become scattered) · pl rozprzestrzeniać się (intransitive: to become scattered) · ko 뿌리다 (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · ko 퍼뜨리다 (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · bg разпръсквам (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · pl rozprzestrzenić (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · pt disseminar (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · la dissēminō (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · tl magpakalat (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · ru распространя́ть (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · de ausstreuen (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · pl rozsiewać (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · bg разпространявам (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · ota یایمق (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · de ausstreuen (intransitive: to become scattered) · hu terjeszt (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · qu ch'iqichiy (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · sv utspridas (intransitive: to become scattered) · fi levittää (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · pl rozsiać (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed) · de verteilen (intransitive: to become scattered) · de verbreiten (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed)