disseminate

[ dih-sem-uh-neyt ]

/ dɪˈsɛm əˌneɪt /

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verb (used with object), dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing.

to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.

Nearby words

disseizee, disseizin, disselboom, dissemblance, dissemble, disseminate, disseminated, disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, disseminated lipogranulomatosis, disseminated lupus erythematosus

Origin of disseminate

1595–1605; < Latin dissēminātus (past participle of dissēmināre; dis- dis-¹ + sēmināre to sow), equivalent to dis- + sēmin- (stem of sēmen seed) + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

dis·sem·i·na·tion, noundis·sem·i·na·tive, adjectivedis·sem·i·na·tor, nounun·dis·sem·i·nat·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for disseminated

And data collected and disseminated by the government is hugely important.
Washington Drama Makes October a Confusing Month for Investors|William O’Connor|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Flight allowed mankind a new perspective on itself, which aerial photography eventually captured and disseminated.
‘One Relishes the Pain’: Julian Barnes’ Memoir of Grief|Adam Begley|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Zelikow recorded his opposition to this view in his own memo, which he disseminated widely within the Bush administration.
A Turning Point in the Torture Debate|Scott Horton|May 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST
But the larger, much thornier, issue involves the reporters who disseminated those statements.
Pointing a Finger at the Press|Jim McCarthy|October 8, 2008|DAILY BEAST

Now the SEC wants to know who gave out negative information about Bear and how it was disseminated.
Pointing a Finger at the Press|Jim McCarthy|October 8, 2008|DAILY BEAST
They were loose, and disseminated upon the road, in a reddish kind of earth.
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers|William Bingley
The royal peacemaker felt no remorse at having drenched Italian cities in blood and disseminated discord.
The Two First Centuries of Florentine History|Pasquale Villari
I knew that it was a metal like gold, disseminated throughout all parts of the earth.
Perseverance Island|Douglas Frazar
Knowledge of a certain kind was disseminated far more effectively and far more universally than is generally believed.
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886|Various
These fry are reared in special ponds, and disseminated when they have grown bigger in the lakes and larger pieces of water.
The Human Race|Louis Figuier

British Dictionary definitions for disseminated

disseminate

/ (dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt) /

verb

(tr) to distribute or scatter about; diffuse

Derived Forms

dissemination, noundisseminative, adjectivedisseminator, noun

Word Origin for disseminate

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

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disseminate

verb (used with object), dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing.

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disseminate

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disseminated

adj.