распространять — meaning in English

English meaning

• broadcast verb To transmit a program or message by radio, television, or similar means to a wide audience.
• diffuse verb To spread something out through a substance or space, or to spread out that way.
• disperse verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
• disseminate verb To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
• distribute verb To divide something up and hand it out to a number of people or places.
• peddle verb To sell goods, especially in small quantities or door to door.
• proliferate verb To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.
• propagate verb To spread or pass something on, such as information, a belief, or a disease.
• spread verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.

Senses

распространять is used for these senses in English:

• broadcast (transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area.
• diffuse (transitive) To spread (something) over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
• diffuse (intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
• disperse (transitive, intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
• disperse (transitive, intransitive) To distribute throughout.
• disseminate (transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
• distribute (transitive) To supply to retail outlets.
• peddle (derogatory, figuratively) To spread or cause to spread.

broadcast — full definition

1. verb To transmit a program or message by radio, television, or similar means to a wide audience.
2. noun A radio or television program transmitted to the public.

diffuse — full definition

1. verb To spread something out through a substance or space, or to spread out that way.
2. adjective Spread out over a wide area rather than concentrated in one place.
3. adjective Wordy and rambling rather than concise.

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