"disseminate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/ [UK] Audio: En-uk-disseminate.ogg Forms: disseminates [present, singular, third-person], disseminating [participle, present], disseminated [participle, past], disseminated [past]
Etymology: An adaptation of Latin dissēmināt-, the perfect passive participial stem of dissēminō (“I broadcast”, “I disseminate”), from dis- (“in all directions”) + sēminō (“I plant”, “I sow”), from sēmen (“seed”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la||dissēmināt-}} Latin dissēmināt- Head templates: {{en-verb}} disseminate (third-person singular simple present disseminates, present participle disseminating, simple past and past participle disseminated)
  1. (transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds. Tags: transitive Translations (transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed): разпръсквам (razprǎskvam) (Bulgarian), разпространявам (razprostranjavam) (Bulgarian), 散播 (sànbō) (Chinese Mandarin), 傳播 (Chinese Mandarin), 传播 (chuánbō) (Chinese Mandarin), uitdragen (Dutch), disséminer (French), verbreiten (German), verteilen (German), aussähen (German), veröffentlichen (German), ausbreiten (German), disseminieren (German), sähen (German), ausstreuen (German), terjeszt (Hungarian), síolaigh (Irish), scaip (Irish), 蒔く (maku) (alt: まく) (Japanese), 広める (hiromeru) (alt: ひろめる) (Japanese), 뿌리다 (ppurida) (Korean), 퍼뜨리다 (peotteurida) (Korean), dissēminō (Latin), whakahōrapa (Maori), یایمق (yaymak) (Ottoman Turkish), rozsiewać [imperfective] (Polish), rozsiać [perfective] (Polish), rozpowszechniać [imperfective] (Polish), rozpowszechnić [perfective] (Polish), rozprzestrzeniać [imperfective] (Polish), rozprzestrzenić [perfective] (Polish), szerzyć [imperfective] (Polish), disseminar (Portuguese), ch'iqichiy (Quechua), рассе́ивать (rasséivatʹ) (Russian), распространя́ть (rasprostranjátʹ) (Russian), diseminar (Spanish), utsprida (Swedish), sprida (Swedish), magpakalat (Tagalog), yaymak (Turkish)
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  2. (intransitive) To become widespread. Tags: intransitive Translations (intransitive: to become scattered): разпространявам се (razprostranjavam se) (Bulgarian), verbreiten (German), verteilen (German), ausstreuen (German), ausbreiten (German), verstreuen (German), szétszóródik (Hungarian), síolaigh (Irish), scaip (Irish), 広まる (hiromaru) (alt: ひろまる) (Japanese), 퍼지다 (peojida) (Korean), szerzyć się [imperfective] (Polish), rozprzestrzeniać się [imperfective] (Polish), рассе́иваться (rasséivatʹsja) (Russian), распространя́ться (rasprostranjátʹsja) (Russian), utspridas (Swedish), spridas (Swedish), yayılmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-disseminate-en-verb-QISK2zC0 Disambiguation of 'intransitive: to become scattered': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spread, circulate, propagate Derived forms: autodisseminate, disseminatable, disseminative, disseminator, disseminatory, redisseminate Related terms: dissemination Coordinate_terms: promulgate

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds."
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          "roman": "razprǎskvam",
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          "word": "散播"
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          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "disséminer"
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          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
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          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
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          "word": "disseminieren"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "terjeszt"
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "síolaigh"
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
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          "alt": "まく",
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          "roman": "maku",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "蒔く"
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          "alt": "ひろめる",
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          "roman": "hiromeru",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "広める"
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          "roman": "ppurida",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "뿌리다"
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          "roman": "peotteurida",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "퍼뜨리다"
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "dissēminō"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "whakahōrapa"
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "yaymak",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "یایمق"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
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          "word": "rozsiewać"
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          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
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          "word": "rozsiać"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
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          "word": "rozpowszechniać"
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          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
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          "word": "rozprzestrzeniać"
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          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
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          "word": "rozprzestrzenić"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
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          "word": "szerzyć"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "disseminar"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "ch'iqichiy"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rasséivatʹ",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "рассе́ивать"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rasprostranjátʹ",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "распространя́ть"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "diseminar"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
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          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
          "word": "magpakalat"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
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          "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
          "word": "verbreiten"
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          "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
          "word": "verteilen"
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          "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
          "word": "szétszóródik"
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          "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
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          "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
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          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "alt": "ひろまる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hiromaru",
          "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
          "word": "広まる"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "peojida",
          "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
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      "roman": "razprǎskvam",
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      "word": "разпръсквам"
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      "word": "разпространявам"
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      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "散播"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "傳播"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuánbō",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "传播"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "uitdragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "disséminer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "verbreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "verteilen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "aussähen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "veröffentlichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "ausbreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "disseminieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "sähen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "disseminieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "ausstreuen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "terjeszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "síolaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "scaip"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "maku",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "蒔く"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひろめる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiromeru",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "広める"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ppurida",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "뿌리다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "peotteurida",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "퍼뜨리다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "dissēminō"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "whakahōrapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yaymak",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "یایمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozsiewać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozsiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozpowszechniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozpowszechnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozprzestrzeniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozprzestrzenić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "szerzyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "disseminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "ch'iqichiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasséivatʹ",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "рассе́ивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasprostranjátʹ",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "распространя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "diseminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "utsprida"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "sprida"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "magpakalat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed",
      "word": "yaymak"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razprostranjavam se",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "разпространявам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "verbreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "verteilen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "ausstreuen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "ausbreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "verstreuen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "szétszóródik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "síolaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "scaip"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひろまる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiromaru",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "広まる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "peojida",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "퍼지다"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "szerzyć się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozprzestrzeniać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasséivatʹsja",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "рассе́иваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasprostranjátʹsja",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "распространя́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "utspridas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "spridas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to become scattered",
      "word": "yayılmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "disseminate"
}

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