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^(key): /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, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
2. (intransitive) To become widespread.

   The values of the human rights movement have disseminated throughout the world.

Synonyms

• spread
• circulate
• propagate

Coordinate terms

• promulgate

Related 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 (zh) (sànbō), 傳播／传播 (zh) (chuánbō)

• Dutch: uitdragen (nl)
• French: disséminer (fr)
• German: verbreiten (de), verteilen (de), aussähen (de), veröffentlichen (de), ausbreiten (de), disseminieren, sähen (de), disseminieren, ausstreuen (de)
• Hungarian: terjeszt (hu)
• Irish: síolaigh, scaip
• Japanese: 蒔く (ja) (まく, maku), 広める (ja) (ひろめる, hiromeru)
• Korean: 뿌리다 (ko) (ppurida), 퍼뜨리다 (peotteurida)
• Latin: dissēminō
• Maori: whakahōrapa
• Polish: rozsiewać (pl) impf, rozsiać (pl) pf, rozpowszechniać (pl) impf, rozpowszechnić (pl) pf, rozprzestrzeniać (pl) impf, rozprzestrzenić (pl) pf, szerzyć (pl) impf
• Portuguese: disseminar (pt)
• Quechua: ch'iqichiy
• Russian: рассе́ивать (ru) (rasséivatʹ), распространя́ть (ru) (rasprostranjátʹ)
• Spanish: diseminar (es)
• Swedish: utsprida (sv), sprida (sv)
• Tagalog: magpakalat
• Turkish: yaymak (tr)

intransitive: to become scattered

• Bulgarian: разпространявам се (razprostranjavam se)
• German: verbreiten (de), verteilen (de), ausstreuen (de), ausbreiten (de), verstreuen (de)
• Hungarian: szétszóródik (hu)
• Irish: síolaigh, scaip
• Japanese: 広まる (ja) (ひろまる, hiromaru)
• Korean: 퍼지다 (ko) (peojida)
• Polish: szerzyć się (pl) impf, rozprzestrzeniać się (pl) impf
• Russian: рассе́иваться (ru) (rasséivatʹsja), распространя́ться (ru) (rasprostranjátʹsja)
• Swedish: utspridas (sv), spridas (sv)
• Turkish: yayılmak (tr)

Further reading

• “disseminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “disseminate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• mediastines

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

disseminate

1. inflection of disseminare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

disseminate f pl

1. feminine plural of disseminato

Latin

Verb

dissēmināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dissēminō