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Adjective diffuse has 2 senses
- diffuse - spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse organization"
Antonym: concentrated (indirect, via distributed)
- diffuse - lacking conciseness; "a diffuse historical novel"
Antonym: concise (indirect, via prolix)
Verb diffuse has 3 senses
- diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out - move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"
--1 is one way to spread, distribute
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue - spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"
--2 is one way to penetrate, perforate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
--3 is one way to publicize, publicise, air, bare
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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