MEANING
To distribute information, ideas, or knowledge to a broad audience.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- disseminate findings
- disseminate information
On the page
The institute disseminated its findings through public workshops.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- disseminate
- Past tense
- disseminated
- Past participle
- disseminated
- Present participle
- disseminating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- disseminate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are disseminating
- Present perfect
- have/has disseminated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been disseminating
- Past
- disseminated
- Past continuous
- was/were disseminating
- Past perfect
- had disseminated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been disseminating
- Future
- will disseminate
- Future continuous
- will be disseminating
- Future perfect
- will have disseminated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been disseminating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: disseminate; disseminates; disseminated; disseminated; disseminating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: disseminates.
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