disseminate

To disseminate is defined as to make known or spread information.

(verb)

An example of disseminate is when you publish a newsletter about an issue.

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See disseminate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb disseminated, disseminating

to scatter far and wide; spread abroad, as if sowing; promulgate widely

Origin: < L disseminatus, pp. of disseminare, lit., to scatter seed, hence disseminate < dis-, apart + seminare, to sow < semen, seed

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See disseminate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing, dis·sem·i·nates
verb, transitive
  1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed.
  2. To spread abroad; promulgate: disseminate information.
verb, intransitive
To become diffused; spread.

Origin:

Origin: Latin dissēmināre, dissēmināt-

Origin: : dis-, dis-

Origin: + sēmināre, to sow (from sēmen, sēmin-, seed; see sē- in Indo-European roots)

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Related Forms:

  • dis·semˌi·naˈtion noun
  • dis·semˈi·naˌtor noun

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