propagate

propagate

CEFR: C1-C2 /prop-a-gate/ [p.r.aa1.p.ah0.g.ey2.t]

To propagate is to produce a new plant or to make a plant to produce a new plant. For example:

Example Sentences:
If you are a great gardener, your plants will likely propagate.
We are discovering new ways to propagate plants without seeds.
He propagated the apple tree by grafting.
The plants failed to propagate.
Mathematics has proved useful in understanding how particular tree species propagate across a geographic region.

The verb propagate can also mean to make (thing, such as an idea, message, new, information, or belief) known to many people. For example:

Example Sentences:
The group propagates its antigovernment doctrine on the Web.
We must propagate the message.
The Internet has given consumers the ability to rapidly propagate information to a large number of people.
The newspaper propagates a fake story about the president.

In physics, to propagate means to transmit or be transmitted in a particular direction or through a medium. For example:

Example Sentences:
Sound propagates through a medium such as a solid, liquid, or gas = Sound is propagated through a medium such as a solid, liquid, or gas