1,400 new words in our dictionary! — Parasocial, glow-up, promposal & more
1,400 new words in our dictionary! — More

disseminating

verb

present participle of disseminate
as in propagating
to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people activists sent by the organization to disseminate their views

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of disseminating This medical inertia partly reflects the time lag involved in disseminating findings. — Paula Span, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026 Officials said the girl, who turned 17 years old less than six weeks before the attack, helped by disseminating the livestream of the assault and releasing the manifesto the two teens had authored. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 Internally at the studios, copyright divisions spend their energy targeting larger criminal operations enabling these digital pirates — the hives sharing and disseminating premium content. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 Wheeler says teams should support their internal experts in publishing and disseminating their unique perspectives. — Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 The show's founder and presenter Mehdi Ahmadi said he was charged with disseminating false information and questioned on Sunday and Monday. — August 18, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 No billion-dollar corporation changes or eliminates its operating policies without disseminating the replacement policy first. — Joseph Landers, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026 Jackie is fighting staff Friends of Big Bear Valley's Big Bear Eagle Nest Cam (FOBBV), in a July 21 email to USA TODAY, said the rescue is unable to take calls or emails and is only disseminating information on Jackie through social media. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 July 2026 Henrietta also had a particular fondness for befriending young women, and disseminating scientific works and sharing knowledge with them. — Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disseminating
  1. propagating
  2. spreading
  3. circulating
  4. transmitting
Verb
  • Rather than propagating vertically toward the electrodes, the dendrites spread horizontally inside the electrolyte.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, Shanahan recommends layering, a method of propagating new plants from a still-living thyme specimen.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of propagating
Verb
  • Retired auto worker Chris Vitale doesn’t give credence to such misinformation spreading online.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Researchers recreated this underlying dynamics in a controllable quantum system and found that string breaking can begin at the edges before spreading inward.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of spreading
Verb
  • The grand jury didn't find any evidence suggesting a crime occurred, or that Wells' death was motivated by race, and also took direct aim at the theories circulating on social media about the people on the boats.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Because mRNA vaccines can be produced faster than conventional shots, manufacturers may eventually be able to wait longer before deciding which strains to target — and respond faster if circulating strains change.
    — Sally C. Pipes, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of circulating
Verb
  • An agent might be permitted to read a database but prohibited from modifying it, generate a purchase order but not approve one, or access public websites while being blocked from transmitting sensitive corporate information.
    — Ed Fox, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Legion can keep collecting information without transmitting the way a conventional radar does.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of transmitting

Browse Nearby Words

disseminates
disseminating
dissemination
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Disseminating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disseminating. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of epistemic

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Why do we 'bury the lede?'
See More

Popular

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
image of the words cracker fly and sale arranged in a triangle with the word fire in the middle
Triple Play Quiz Find the word that pairs with each of the three g...
See All