disseminatedis‧sem‧i‧nate /dɪˈseməneɪt/ verb [transitive] formal 
Her findings have been widely disseminated.—dissemination /dɪˌseməˈneɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]: the dissemination of information
WORD ORIGINdisseminate
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin disseminare, from seminare ‘to plant seed’VERB TABLE
disseminate
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | disseminate |
| he, she, it | disseminates | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | disseminated |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have disseminated |
| he, she, it | has disseminated | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had disseminated |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will disseminate |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have disseminated |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am disseminating |
| he, she, it | is disseminating | |
| you, we, they | are disseminating | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was disseminating |
| you, we, they | were disseminating | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been disseminating |
| he, she, it | has been disseminating | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been disseminating |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be disseminating |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been disseminating |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Racist messages are being widely disseminated via the Internet.
- The Health Education Council is the central agency for disseminating information about disease prevention.
- A century later, in Constantine's time, Nazarean teaching was still thriving and being disseminated.
- After some one placed it on the Internet it was quickly disseminated around the world.
- At this level of production the program is useful only to its creator and can not be disseminated further.
- Central services have not always disseminated the results of their own reviews.
- Data archives store, catalogue, index and disseminate the data for further contemporary or historical research.
- Some Arminians were even accused of attempting to disseminate views on the eucharist that were suspiciously similar to transubstantiation.
- Then they disseminated research pointing to both red and white wine.
- With the invention of photography this attitude to Nature could be disseminated in book form.
Longman Language Activatorinformation/feelings/ideas/problems etc
if information, an idea, or a feeling spreads , or if you spread it, more and more people begin to know about it or be affected by it: · After she died at a San Jose hospital, word spread fast.· News of the disaster was spreading quickly.· Rumors about Amy spread through the school.· The lawsuit charged the magazine with spreading lies about the company and its products.spread to/into/through etc: · Panic spread through downtown Port-au-Prince.
also get round British if news or information gets around or goes around , people tell other people, so that soon a lot of people know about it: · News soon got around that Nick was back in Barnstable.· It's a small place, so news and gossip gets around pretty quickly.· It didn't take long for word to get around that Moore was leaving the company.
if news, information, stories etc circulate , they spread through a large group of people, especially because each person tells it to someone else: · The organization's intranet system allows information to circulate rapidly.· Rumors began circulating that she was seriously ill.circulate among: · The letter was circulated among news organizations nationwide.
formal to spread information, ideas etc as widely as possible, especially in order to influence the way people think or behave: · Racist messages are being widely disseminated via the Internet.· The Health Education Council is the central agency for disseminating information about disease prevention.
if a problem or bad situation spills over , it spreads beyond the place or situation in which it starts, and begins to affect other places, people, or areas of activity: spill over to/into/from etc: · It is easy to allow personal emotions to spill over into your work.· Government chiefs are worried that the refugee problem might spill over from neighboring countries.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Her findings have been widely disseminated.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
to spread information or ideas to as many people as possible: Her findings have been widely disseminated. formal (=give it to a lot of people)· The internet plays a key role in disseminating information.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· The text has achieved great influence, disseminated widely among senior officers, and taught formally at the Bramshill Police College.· This means, of course, that the criteria must be widely disseminated and widely accepted.· In this way, new ideas would be widely disseminated.· The guidelines may not have been sufficiently widely disseminated, or they may have been viewed as impractical or unrealistic.
NOUN· Encourage research and development in the recognition, assessment and management of engineering risks and disseminate the findings.· The Centre has instigated a Discussion Paper series to disseminate research findings.
· A formal company procedures is recommended which records, analyses and disseminates such information.· The goal is to quickly disseminate information about changing operational conditions to trading partners.· Our primary objective is to collect, organize and disseminate information and materials relating to academic library orientation and instruction.· The gates open at 4: 30 p. m., with several local organizations disseminating information about community services for women.· The Stock Exchange disseminates information, and reflects it in the share price.· We make a strong effort to disseminate that information in a business-like manner.· The charges including disseminating false information and withholding information.· It aims to disseminate information on the principles of mental health, promote research and aid experimental projects in the field.
· The aim is to disseminate messages as widely as possible within a given community.
· Universities by contrast have a tradition of publishing and disseminating the results of their research for peer approval.· Central services have not always disseminated the results of their own reviews.· And it then disseminates the results fast.
Her findings have been widely disseminated.—dissemination /dɪˌseməˈneɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]: the dissemination of information