disseminate

English

Etymology

An adaptation of Latin dissēmināt-, the perfect passive participial stem of dissēminō (“I broadcast”, “I disseminate”), from dis- (“in all directions”) + sēminō (“I plant”, “I sow”), from sēmen (“seed”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/

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Verb

disseminate (third-person singular simple present disseminates, present participle disseminating, simple past and past participle disseminated)

1. (transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, and errors for growth and propagation, such as seed
2. (intransitive) To become scattered.

   The values of the American Revolution have disseminated throughout the world.

Synonyms

• spread
• circulate
• propagate

Coordinate terms

• promulgate

Derived terms

• dissemination

Translations

transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed

• Bulgarian: разпръсквам (bg) (razprǎskvam), разпространявам (bg) (razprostranjavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 散播 (cmn) (sànbō), 傳播 (cmn), 传播 (cmn) (chuánbō)

• Dutch: uitdragen (nl)
• French: disséminer (fr)
• German: verbreiten (de)

• Hungarian: terjeszt (hu)
• Japanese: 蒔く (ja) (まく, maku), 広める (ja) (ひろめる, hiromeru)
• Korean: 뿌리다 (ko) (ppurida), 퍼뜨리다 (ko) (peotteurida)
• Quechua: ch'iqichiy (qu)
• Russian: рассеивать (ru) (rasséivatʹ) , распространять (ru) (rasprostranjátʹ) 
• Swedish: utsprida (sv), sprida (sv)

intransitive: to become scattered

• Bulgarian: разпространявам се (bg) (razprostranjavam se)
• Hungarian: szétszóródik (hu)
• Japanese: 広まる (ja) (ひろまる, hiromaru)
• Korean: 퍼지다 (ko) (peojida)

• Russian: рассеиваться (ru) (rasséivatʹsja) , распространяться (ru) (rasprostranjátʹsja) 
• Swedish: utspridas (sv), spridas (sv)

External links

• disseminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• disseminate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Verb

disseminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of disseminare
2. second-person plural imperative of disseminare
3. Feminine plural of disseminato

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Latin

Verb

dissēmināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dissēminō