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disseminate

verb

dis·​sem·​i·​nate di-ˈse-mə-ˌnāt How to pronounce disseminate (audio)
disseminated; disseminating

transitive verb

1
: to spread abroad as though sowing seed
disseminate ideas
2
: to disperse throughout
disseminator noun

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Disseminating Information on Disseminate

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? In Latin, the dis- prefix signifies separation or dispersal, while the -sem- element springs from semen "seed." The same Latin noun is found in a number of other English words with figurative meanings: seminary (which now is a training facility for priests, but initially was a place where seeds were raised to plants), seminal (meaning "containing the seeds of later development"), and yes, the word semen.

Example Sentences

He told me that as Commanding General [General David Petraeus] he believes he should not only direct battlefield action but also disseminate a few easy-to-grasp concepts about the war's prosecution, which subordinate officers can then interpret on their own. Steve Coll, New Yorker, 8 Sept. 2008 Jefferson helped found and back a friendly newspaper, the National Gazette, to help disseminate his views. Walter Kim, Time, 5 July 2004 In this case, the filmmakers did not prevent information from being disseminated. And they have no greater moral obligation than do the highly paid Tom Brokaw or Dan Rather to help a TV network keep down its costs. Randy Cohen, New York Times Magazine, 7 Oct. 2001 Although possession of virus software and source code is not illegal, many of the existing state and federal computer intrusion and unauthorized access laws already make it illegal to introduce a virus into someone's system intentionally. Robert Morris's conviction … shows how the existing laws might be used to punish those involved with disseminating viruses. Edward A. Cavazos et al., Cyberspace And The Law, 1994 The Internet allows us to disseminate information faster. The findings were widely disseminated. See More
Recent Examples on the Web So instead, companies and services receive GNSS time, feed it into a local master clock, and then disseminate this downstream. WIRED, 27 Aug. 2022 The group then used Telegram to disseminate photos of the vandalism. David Klepper, ajc, 19 Aug. 2022 Free speech experts say any chilling effect should be limited to people who wantonly disseminate false information, not journalists or other citizens making good-faith efforts to get at the truth of a matter. Michael R. Sisak, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022 Free speech experts say any chilling effect should be limited to people who wantonly disseminate false information, not journalists or other citizens making good-faith efforts to get at the truth of a matter. Michael R. Sisak, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2022 By working in close partnership, scientists in Botswana and South Africa’s Network for Genomic Surveillance were able to quickly sequence Omicron’s RNA and disseminate information around the globe about the unique qualities of this variant. Abraar Karan, Scientific American, 13 July 2022 Daso: How will Tango evolve into a centralized resource to organize, curate and disseminate the complete body of an organization’s internal knowledge base? Frederick Daso, Forbes, 15 June 2022 The company has its own news bureau that works alongside media organizations to analyze and disseminate reams of data beamed from space. NBC News, 3 May 2022 Since then, Page has used their platform to raise awareness about issues facing the trans community and disseminate resources to help trans youth. Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin disseminatus, past participle of disseminare, from dis- + seminare to sow, from semin-, semen seed — more at semen

First Known Use

1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of disseminate was in 1566

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