English > disperse: 6 senses > verb 1, contact| Meaning | Distribute loosely. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Synonyms | scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust |
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| Narrower | aerosolize, aerosolise | disperse as an aerosol |
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| bespangle | dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects |
| spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash | dash a liquid / liquid upon or against |
| spray | scatter in a mass or jet of droplets |
| spray | Be discharged in sprays / sprays of liquid / liquid |
| sprinkle, splash, splosh | Cause (a liquid / liquid) to spatter about, especially with force |
| Broader | discharge | pour forth or release |
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| Spanish | dispersar, esparcir, rociar, salpicar |
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| Catalan | dispersar, escampar, escatxicar, espargir, esquitxar, ruixar |
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| Adjectives | dispersive | spreading by diffusion |
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English > disperse: 6 senses > verb 6, communication| Meaning | Cause to become widely known. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Synonyms | circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, pass around |
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| Cause to | go around, spread, circulate | Become widely known and passed on |
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| Narrower | carry, run | Include as the content |
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| podcast | Distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer |
| popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public |
| sow | introduce into an environment |
| Broader | publicize, publicise, air, bare | make public |
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| Similar to | go around, spread, circulate | Become widely known and passed on |
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| Spanish | difundir, diseminar, dispensar, dispersar, distribuir, divulgar, esparcir, propagar, repartir |
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| Catalan | difondre, dispensar, dispersar, disseminar, distribuir, propagar, repartir |
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| Adjectives | dispersive | spreading by diffusion |
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| Nouns | dispersion, dispersal | the act of dispersing / dispersing or diffusing something |
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