Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cause (an organism) to multiply or breed.
- intransitive verb To breed (offspring).
- intransitive verb To transmit (characteristics) from one generation to another.
- intransitive verb To cause to extend to a broader area or larger number; spread.
- intransitive verb To make widely known; publicize.
- intransitive verb Physics To cause (a wave, for example) to move in some direction or through a medium; transmit.
- intransitive verb To have offspring; multiply.
- intransitive verb To extend to a broader area or larger number; spread.
- intransitive verb Physics To move through a medium.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To multiply or continue by natural generation or reproduction; cause to reproduce itself: applied to plants and animals: as, to
propagate fruittrees; to propagate a breed of horses or sheep. - To transmit or spread from person to person or from place to place; carry forward or onward; diffuse; extend: as, to
propagate a report; to propagate the Christian religion. - To promote; augment; increase.
- To produce; originate; invent.
- To scatter; disperse.
- Synonyms To increase, spread, disseminate.
- To be multiplied or reproduced by generation, or by new shoots or plants; bear young.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants.
- transitive verb To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants
- transitive verb To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space.
- transitive verb To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate
- transitive verb obsolete To multiply; to increase.
- transitive verb To generate; to produce.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.
- verb transitive To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
- verb transitive To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to
disseminate - verb obsolete, intransitive To multiply; to increase.
- verb transitive To generate; to produce.
- verb intransitive To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.
- verb intransitive, computing To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
- verb transitive, computing To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
- verb cause to become widely known
- verb transmit
- verb travel through the air
- verb multiply sexually or asexually
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- verb transmit or cause to broaden or spread
- verb become distributed or widespread
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The lie that you propagate is that the ‘Filthy Left’, in which you lump everyone without a black shirt, are communists and therefore all part and parcel of the murderous history of communism.
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This is an idea they might well want to propagate, which is where the word “propaganda” comes from.
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"A key advantage of graphene lies in the very high speeds in which electrons propagate, which is essential for achieving high-speed, high-performance next generation transistors," said T C Chen, vice president, science and technology, IBM Research.
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"A key advantage of graphene lies in the very high speeds in which electrons propagate, which is essential for achieving high-speed, high-performance next generation transistors," said T C Chen, vice president, science and technology, IBM Research.
iTWire - IT and Telecommunications news views and jobs Stephen Withers 2010
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"A key advantage of graphene lies in the very high speeds in which electrons propagate, which is essential for achieving high-speed, high-performance next generation transistors," said Dr. T.C. C.en, vice president, Science and Technology, IBM Research.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"A key advantage of graphene lies in the very high speeds in which electrons propagate, which is essential for achieving high-speed, high-performance next generation transistors," said Dr T C Chen, vice president, science and technology, IBM Research.
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"A key advantage of graphene lies in the very high speeds in which electrons propagate, which is essential for achieving high-speed, high-performance next generation transistors," said Dr. T.C. C.en, vice president, Science and Technology, IBM Research.
Tom's hardware UK 2010
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"A key advantage of graphene lies in the very high speeds in which electrons propagate, which is essential for achieving high-speed, high-performance next generation transistors," said Dr. T.C. C.en, vice president, Science and Technology, IBM Research.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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"A key advantage of graphene lies in the very high speeds in which electrons propagate, which is essential for achieving high-speed, high-performance next generation transistors," said Dr. T.C. C.en, vice president, Science and Technology, IBM Research.
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"A key advantage of graphene lies in the very high speeds in which electrons propagate, which is essential for achieving high-speed, high-performance next generation transistors," said Dr. T.C. C.en, vice president, Science and Technology, IBM Research.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
Kristianto2010 commented on the word propagate
Tissue cultures are isolated from a mushroom and propagated on a suitable substrate.
January 24, 2011
shanvrolijk commented on the word propagate
Then click Save and wait approximately 15 seconds for the changes to propagate to the KDE menu.
January 16, 2018