Propagate
verb
To make something, such as an idea or belief, known to many people.
They are working to propagate awareness about environmental issues.
Often appears as...
- propagate an idea
- propagate a belief
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Approving
verb
To reproduce a plant or animal.
You can propagate roses by taking cuttings.
Often appears as...
- propagate plants
- propagate species
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Academic
verb
To increase the strength or amount of something.
These antennas propagate radio signals over a long distance.
Often appears as...
- propagate signals
- propagate waves
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Technical
verb
To multiply by sexual or asexual means.
Some species propagate asexually by dividing into two or more new bodies.
Often appears as...
- propagate asexually
- propagate sexually
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Academic
verb
To make something, such as an idea or belief, known to many people.
They are working to propagate awareness about environmental issues.
Often appears as...
- propagate an idea
- propagate a belief
Usage tips
Approving
verb
To reproduce a plant or animal.
You can propagate roses by taking cuttings.
Often appears as...
- propagate plants
- propagate species
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To increase the strength or amount of something.
These antennas propagate radio signals over a long distance.
Often appears as...
- propagate signals
- propagate waves
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To multiply by sexual or asexual means.
Some species propagate asexually by dividing into two or more new bodies.
Often appears as...
- propagate asexually
- propagate sexually
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Sharing Beliefs
Use 'propagate' when you want to express spreading ideas widely.
She hopes to propagate her love for reading among students.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Talking
'Propagate' isn't just talking; it's actively promoting an idea.
The organization aims to propagate the benefits of meditation.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be mindful 'propagate' might imply pushing beliefs, which could be sensitive.
Missionaries sought to propagate their faith across the world.
Pro Tip 1/3Sharing Beliefs
Use 'propagate' when you want to express spreading ideas widely.
She hopes to propagate her love for reading among students.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Talking
'Propagate' isn't just talking; it's actively promoting an idea.
The organization aims to propagate the benefits of meditation.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be mindful 'propagate' might imply pushing beliefs, which could be sensitive.
Missionaries sought to propagate their faith across the world.
Pro Tip 1/3Sharing Beliefs
Use 'propagate' when you want to express spreading ideas widely.
She hopes to propagate her love for reading among students.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Talking
'Propagate' isn't just talking; it's actively promoting an idea.
The organization aims to propagate the benefits of meditation.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be mindful 'propagate' might imply pushing beliefs, which could be sensitive.
Missionaries sought to propagate their faith across the world.
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Why neutrinos matter -...
interact violently with the matter and radiation around them, producing high-energy neutrinos, which propagate out like cosmic breadcrumbs that can tell us about the locations and interiors of the universe's most powerful cosmic engines. That is, if we can catch them.
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Susan Blackmore: Memes...
The memes are all trying to get copied -- trying, in inverted commas -- i.e., that's the shorthand for, if they can get copied, they will. They're using you and me as their propagating, copying machinery, and we are the meme machines. Now, why is this important?
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Why are cockroaches so...
the results will likely be fatal. Once absorbed, the chemical binds to sodium channel proteins, which help propagate nerve impulses. The pyrethroid keeps the sodium channels open, so the nerves fire repeatedly. And soon, the cockroach dies.
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One Man’s Mission to...
propagate these things ensures the world ouvert our micro propagation in tissue culture lab the main goals for that was basically research and development on how to make a million trees to send everywhere what this is is taking very
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Bill Gates: The...
That steam spins a turbine which activates a generator which pushes electrons through the wire. This current propagates through hundreds of miles of electric cables and arrives at your home. All around the world,
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How much electricity...
which pushes electrons through the wire. This current propagates through hundreds of miles of electric cables and arrives at your home. All around the world, countless people are doing this every second—
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I'm not your inspiration,...
make you exceptional. And in the past few years, we've been able to propagate this lie even further via social media. You may have seen images like this "The only disability in life is a bad attitude."
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How fire shapes...
but our fire power comes with real limitations not every spark spreads not every fire is going to behave as we wish and the reason is that the power to propagate resides in the setting so we
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What are gravitational...
It's impossible to say, but exciting to imagine, what revelations may now be propagating across space towards our tiny blue planet and its new way of perceiving the universe.
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Tarana Burke: Me Too is...
and I believe we can build that world. Full stop. But in order to get there, we have to dramatically shift a culture that propagates the idea
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Why neutrinos matter -...
interact violently with the matter and radiation around them, producing high-energy neutrinos, which propagate out like cosmic breadcrumbs that can tell us about the locations and interiors of the universe's most powerful cosmic engines. That is, if we can catch them.
Video examples
Susan Blackmore: Memes...
The memes are all trying to get copied -- trying, in inverted commas -- i.e., that's the shorthand for, if they can get copied, they will. They're using you and me as their propagating, copying machinery, and we are the meme machines. Now, why is this important?
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Why are cockroaches so...
the results will likely be fatal. Once absorbed, the chemical binds to sodium channel proteins, which help propagate nerve impulses. The pyrethroid keeps the sodium channels open, so the nerves fire repeatedly. And soon, the cockroach dies.
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One Man’s Mission to...
propagate these things ensures the world ouvert our micro propagation in tissue culture lab the main goals for that was basically research and development on how to make a million trees to send everywhere what this is is taking very
Video examples
Bill Gates: The...
That steam spins a turbine which activates a generator which pushes electrons through the wire. This current propagates through hundreds of miles of electric cables and arrives at your home. All around the world,
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How much electricity...
which pushes electrons through the wire. This current propagates through hundreds of miles of electric cables and arrives at your home. All around the world, countless people are doing this every second—
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I'm not your inspiration,...
make you exceptional. And in the past few years, we've been able to propagate this lie even further via social media. You may have seen images like this "The only disability in life is a bad attitude."
Video examples
How fire shapes...
but our fire power comes with real limitations not every spark spreads not every fire is going to behave as we wish and the reason is that the power to propagate resides in the setting so we
Video examples
What are gravitational...
It's impossible to say, but exciting to imagine, what revelations may now be propagating across space towards our tiny blue planet and its new way of perceiving the universe.
Video examples
Tarana Burke: Me Too is...
and I believe we can build that world. Full stop. But in order to get there, we have to dramatically shift a culture that propagates the idea
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Kangana Ranaut
Indian Actress
I feel that we, as Indians, have a knack for loving a stereotypical, sobbing, sympathy-seeking personality. I feel that we need to promote quirky, cool and youthful talent. We have to stop propagating the sob-story angle of celebs, where they try to be larger-than-life. That is very outdated. It is so boring that it puts you to sleep.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
There are many ways to make the most of your time on the planet, and propagation of the species is just one of them. If you're convinced that it's the key to your happiness, there are routes open to you, whether with the help of modern medical science, marrying into a readymade one, or through fostering and adoption.
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John Holdren
American Public Servant
Issues of energy, climate change, nuclear arms control and non-proliferation are all big deals. These are problems that we have to get right globally, not just nationally, and there are big benefits in cooperating, in terms of sharing costs, in terms of sharing risks, in terms of propagating the best answers.
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James Comey
American Public Servant
As technology advances, so too does terrorists' use of technology to communicate - both to inspire and recruit. The widespread use of technology propagates the persistent terrorist message to attack U.S. interests, whether in the homeland or abroad.
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Joseph Franklin Rutherford
American Clergyman
Man is more than merely an animal to exist and propagate his species. His mind gives him capacity to search out the great truths in God's arrangement and this lifts him far above the other animal creation.
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Albert Ellis
American Psychologist
By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed.
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B. R. Ambedkar
Indian Politician
Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
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Anushka Sharma
Indian Actress
I don't want to endorse products that propagate fair skin at all.
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Kangana Ranaut
Indian Actress
I feel that we, as Indians, have a knack for loving a stereotypical, sobbing, sympathy-seeking personality. I feel that we need to promote quirky, cool and youthful talent. We have to stop propagating the sob-story angle of celebs, where they try to be larger-than-life. That is very outdated. It is so boring that it puts you to sleep.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
There are many ways to make the most of your time on the planet, and propagation of the species is just one of them. If you're convinced that it's the key to your happiness, there are routes open to you, whether with the help of modern medical science, marrying into a readymade one, or through fostering and adoption.
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John Holdren
American Public Servant
Issues of energy, climate change, nuclear arms control and non-proliferation are all big deals. These are problems that we have to get right globally, not just nationally, and there are big benefits in cooperating, in terms of sharing costs, in terms of sharing risks, in terms of propagating the best answers.
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James Comey
American Public Servant
As technology advances, so too does terrorists' use of technology to communicate - both to inspire and recruit. The widespread use of technology propagates the persistent terrorist message to attack U.S. interests, whether in the homeland or abroad.
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Joseph Franklin Rutherford
American Clergyman
Man is more than merely an animal to exist and propagate his species. His mind gives him capacity to search out the great truths in God's arrangement and this lifts him far above the other animal creation.
Quote examples
Albert Ellis
American Psychologist
By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed.
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B. R. Ambedkar
Indian Politician
Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
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Anushka Sharma
Indian Actress
I don't want to endorse products that propagate fair skin at all.
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