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   disseminate

   /dɪˈsɛmɪneɪt/

   verb

   • 1. spread (something, especially information) widely: "health authorities should foster good practice by disseminating information"
   • ▪ spread throughout an organ or the body: "there is a subset of these low-grade tumours that can disseminate and migrate"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin disseminat- ‘scattered’, from the verb disseminare, from dis- ‘abroad’ + semen, semin- ‘seed’.

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   • 1. disseminator noun

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   What does disseminate mean?

   • Did you know? While the object of the verb disseminate may be something tangible, such as an infectious agent, nowadays the thing most often disseminated, or "spread abroad as though sowing seed," is information. Where does this metaphorical verb come from?

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   What does disseminar mean?

   • disseminar… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! DISSEMINATE definition: 1. to spread or give out something, especially news, information, ideas, etc., to a lot of people…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean to disseminate information or knowledge?

   • To disseminate information or knowledge means to distribute it so that it reaches many people or organizations. The main purpose of the site is to disseminate information. What is this an image of? Drag the correct answer into the box. What is this an image of?

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   Where does dissemination come from?

   • Another way to look at dissemination is that of which it derives from the Latin roots, the scattering of seeds. These seeds are metaphors for voice or words: to spread voice, words, and opinion to an audience.

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   The meaning of DISSEMINATE is to spread abroad as though sowing seed. How to use disseminate in a sentence. Disseminating Information on Disseminate.

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   DISSEMINATE definition: 1. to spread or give out something, especially news, information, ideas, etc., to a lot of people…. Learn more.

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   Disseminate definition: to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse. See examples of DISSEMINATE used in a sentence.

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   Disseminate means to spread information, knowledge, opinions widely. Semin-derives from the Latin word for seed; the idea with disseminate is that information travels like seeds sown by a farmer. Think about a teacher distributing a hand out at the beginning of a class.

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   to spread or give out something, especially news, information, ideas, etc., to a lot of people: One of the organization's aims is to disseminate information about the disease. Synonyms. broadcast. circulate. distribute. propagate. spread. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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   To disseminate information or knowledge means to distribute it so that it reaches many people or organizations. [formal] ...disseminating information about family planning. [VERB noun] They disseminated anti-French propaganda. [VERB noun] Synonyms: spread, publish, broadcast, distribute More Synonyms of disseminate.

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   DISSEMINATE definition: to spread information or ideas: . Learn more.