disseminate

[ dih-sem-uh-neyt ]

verb (used with object)

, dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing.

1. to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse:

   to disseminate information about preventive medicine.

disseminate

/ dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt /

verb

1. tr to distribute or scatter about; diffuse

Derived Forms

• disˈsemiˌnator, noun
• disˈseminative, adjective
• disˌsemiˈnation, noun

Other Words From

• dis·sem·i·na·tion [dih-sem-, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
• dis·sem·i·na·tive adjective
• dis·sem·i·na·tor noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disseminate¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin dissēminātus (past participle of dissēmināre; dis- dis- ¹ + sēmināre “to sow”), equivalent to dis- + sēmin- (stem of sēmen “seed”) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of disseminate¹

C17: from Latin dissēmināre, from dis- ¹+ sēmināre to sow, from sēmen seed

Example Sentences

Part of the apparent panic stems from the different ways countries disseminate their information.

From The Daily Beast

Doctors have a vast platform to investigate, tabulate, and disseminate just how miserable they are.

From The Daily Beast

Most of the time, however, journalists disseminate boringly constructed articles or reports.

From The Daily Beast

Each of these incidents incited the miffed woman to disseminate mild hearsay about my sexual orientation or general oddness.

From The Daily Beast

I would rather keep all this in camera than disseminate it to the teeming raptors of the Internet.

From The Daily Beast

With him painting was an instrument to disseminate the inventions of his poetic-satiric humour; it was a form of speech to him.

From Project Gutenberg

He had imbibed an opinion that it was his duty to disseminate the truths of the gospel among the unbelieving nations.

From Project Gutenberg

As they came to enjoy and disseminate their religion, they had no motive to irritate or disturb the aboriginal inhabitants.

From Project Gutenberg

The work of its ministers is not to discover and promulgate truths, but to invent and disseminate falsehoods.

From Project Gutenberg

Now it is very unpleasant to find that your news is untrue, when you have been at great pains to disseminate it.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• advertise
• circulate
• disperse
• propagate
• publicize
• publish