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disseminate

/dɪˈseməˌneɪt/dih-SEH-muh-nayt
/dɪˈsɛməˌneɪt/dih-SEH-muh-nayt

Meaningto sow seed widely

Common meaning: to spread widely

‘apart, away’ + ‘seed’ → disseminate

Journey through time

  1. Latinsēmen, sēminis‘seed’
  2. Englishdisseminate‘to spread widely’ · today

dis- also in: disarmdiscerndiscorddisdaindisgust

semin also in: seminalseminary

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin sēmen ‘seed’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry sēmen, p. 1664 · dictionary scan

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Related words

seminalseminary

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