MEANING
1. To transmit an idea, signal, or effect so that it spreads or continues.
2. To produce new plants or other organisms through reproduction.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- propagate misinformation
- propagate a signal
On the page
The fault propagated through several connected services.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- propagate
- Past tense
- propagated
- Past participle
- propagated
- Present participle
- propagating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- propagate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are propagating
- Present perfect
- have/has propagated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been propagating
- Past
- propagated
- Past continuous
- was/were propagating
- Past perfect
- had propagated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been propagating
- Future
- will propagate
- Future continuous
- will be propagating
- Future perfect
- will have propagated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been propagating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: propagate; propagates; propagated; propagated; propagating 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: change, causation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: propagates.
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