Meanings
present singular third person disseminates · participle present disseminating · participle past disseminated · past disseminated
- transitiveTo sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
- intransitiveTo become widespread.
The values of the human rights movement have disseminated throughout the world.
1 more example
As the missletoe is disseminated by birds, its existence depends on birds; and it may metaphorically be said to struggle with other fruit-bearing plants, in order to tempt birds to devour and thus disseminate its seeds rather than those of other plants. In these several senses, which pass into each other, I use for convenience sake the general term of struggle for existence.
1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species
Synonyms & antonyms
verbcause to become widely known
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*séh₁mn̥
- Proto-Italic*sēmn̥
- Latinsēmen
- Latinsēminō
- Latindissēminō
- Latindissēminātus
- Englishdisseminate
Borrowed from Latin dissēminātus, the perfect passive participle of dissēminō (“to broadcast, disseminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from dis- (“asunder, in all directions”) + sēminō (“to plant, sow”), from sēmen (“seed”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English disseminat(e) (“disseminated”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian разпръсквам, разпространявам
- разпръсквам (razprăskvam)transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- разпространявам (razprostranjavam)transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- разпространявам се (razprostranjavam se)intransitive: to become scattered
Chinese Mandarin 散播, 傳播 /传播
- 散播 (sànbō)transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- 傳播 /传播 (chuánbō)transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
Dutch uitdragen
- uitdragentransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
Finnish levittää, levitä
- levittäätransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- levitäintransitive: to become scattered
French disséminer
- disséminertransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
German verbreiten, verteilen
- verbreitentransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- verteilentransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- aussäentransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- veröffentlichentransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- ausbreitentransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- disseminierentransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- säentransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- ausstreuentransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- verbreitenintransitive: to become scattered
- verteilenintransitive: to become scattered
- ausstreuenintransitive: to become scattered
- ausbreitenintransitive: to become scattered
Hungarian terjeszt, szétszóródik
- terjeszttransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- szétszóródikintransitive: to become scattered
Irish síolaigh, scaip
- síolaightransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- scaiptransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- síolaighintransitive: to become scattered
- scaipintransitive: to become scattered
Japanese 蒔く, 広める
- 蒔く (maku)transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- 広める (hiromeru)transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- 広まる (hiromaru)intransitive: to become scattered
Korean 뿌리다, 퍼뜨리다
- 뿌리다 (ppurida)transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- 퍼뜨리다 (peotteurida)transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- 퍼지다 (peojida)intransitive: to become scattered
Latin dissēminō
- dissēminōtransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
Māori whakahōrapa
- whakahōrapatransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
Polish rozsiewać, rozsiać
- rozsiewaćtransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- rozsiaćtransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- rozpowszechniaćtransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- rozpowszechnićtransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- rozprzestrzeniaćtransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- rozprzestrzenićtransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- szerzyćtransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- szerzyć sięintransitive: to become scattered
- rozprzestrzeniać sięintransitive: to become scattered
Portuguese disseminar
- disseminartransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
Russian рассе́ивать, распространя́ть
- рассе́ивать (rasséivatʹ)transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- распространя́ть (rasprostranjátʹ)transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- рассе́иваться (rasséivatʹsja)intransitive: to become scattered
- распространя́ться (rasprostranjátʹsja)intransitive: to become scattered
Spanish diseminar
- diseminartransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
Swedish utsprida, sprida
- utspridatransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- spridatransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- utspridasintransitive: to become scattered
- spridasintransitive: to become scattered
Tagalog magpakalat
- magpakalattransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
Turkish yaymak, yayılmak
- yaymaktransitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
- yayılmakintransitive: to become scattered
Cite this entry
disseminate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disseminate
“disseminate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disseminate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disseminate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disseminate.
Source: disseminate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.