propagate

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de répandre, diffuser ou reproduire quelque chose, comme des idées, des informations ou des plantes.

A verb used to indicate the act of spreading, promoting, or reproducing something, such as ideas, information, or plants.

1. Transmit from one generation to the nextB2formalscientific

   To pass on characteristics, information, or traits to offspring or subsequent generations.

   Transmettre à la génération suivante

   • Genetic traits are propagated from parents to children.
   • The family business was propagated through several generations.
   • Cultural traditions are often propagated orally.

   Synonymesconveyhand downpass ontransmit

2. Travel through the airB2formalscientific

   To move or be transmitted through a medium, such as air or space.

   Se propager (dans l'air)

   • Sound waves propagate through the air at different speeds.
   • Radio signals propagate across vast distances.
   • The scent of flowers propagated through the garden.

   Synonymesemanatemoveradiatespreadtransmittravel

3. TransmitB2formalscientific

   To send or convey something, such as energy, information, or signals, from one place to another.

   Propager (transmettre)

   • The device propagates electromagnetic waves.
   • Light propagates through fiber optic cables.
   • The network propagates data to all connected devices.

   Synonymesbroadcastcirculatecommunicateconveydiffusedisseminatesendspreadtransmit

   Antonymesabsorbcontainstopsuppresswithhold

4. Become distributed or widespreadB2formal

   To spread or become widely distributed over an area or among a population.

   se propager

   • The news propagated quickly through social media.
   • The disease propagated throughout the community.
   • New ideas propagate through academic networks.

   Synonymescirculatediffuseextendmultiplyproliferatespread

   Antonymesdeclinediminishweaken

5. Transmit or cause to broaden or spreadB2formal

   To cause something to expand or extend over a larger area or to more people.

   propager

   • The organization aims to propagate its mission globally.
   • They propagated the use of renewable energy in rural areas.
   • The campaign propagated awareness about climate change.

   Synonymesbroadcastcirculatediffusedispersedisseminateextendspreadtransmit

   Antonymescontainrestrictsuppresswithhold

6. Cause to become widely knownB2formal

   To make something known to many people; to publicize or disseminate.

   propager (une information)

   • The scientist propagated her findings through academic journals.
   • They propagated the rumor throughout the office.
   • The government propagated information about public health.

   Synonymesbroadcastcirculatediffusedisseminatepromotespread

   Antonymesconcealhidesuppresswithhold

7. Cause to propagate, as by grafting or layeringB2formalscientific

   To reproduce plants artificially through methods like grafting, layering, or cuttings.

   propager (par greffe ou marcottage)

   • Gardeners propagate roses by grafting them onto rootstocks.
   • The farmer propagated apple trees using layering techniques.
   • They propagated the rare orchid through cuttings.

   Synonymesbreedmultiplyreproduce

8. Multiply sexually or asexuallyB2formalscientific

   To reproduce or increase in number through sexual or asexual means.

   Propager (reproduction)

   • Many plants propagate asexually through runners.
   • The species propagates sexually during the rainy season.
   • Bacteria propagate rapidly under favorable conditions.

   Synonymesbreedgenerateincreasemultiplyprocreateproduceproliferatereproduce