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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spread; wide distribution |
| Synonyms: | circulation, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissipation, expansion, propaganda, propagation, scattering |
| Antonyms: | collection, concentration |
| Main Entry: | dissipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappearance |
| Synonyms: | diffusion, disintegration, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissolution, distribution, emission, extravagance, improvidence, radiation, scattering, spread, vanishing, wastage, waste |
| Antonyms: | appearance |
| Main Entry: | distribution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allocation, dispersion |
| Synonyms: | administration, alloting, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assessment, assigning, circulating, circulation, dealing, delivery, diffusion, dispensation, dispersal, disposal, disposing, dissemination, dissipating, division, dole, handing out, handling, mailing, marketing, partition, partitioning, propagation, prorating, rationing, scattering, sharing, spreading, trading, transport, transportation |
| Antonyms: | collection, gathering, hoard, hoarding, maintenance, store |
| Main Entry: | effusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outpouring |
| Synonyms: | address, diffusion, discharge, effluence, effluvium, efflux, emanation, emission, exudate, gush, gushing, ooze, outflow, pouring, shedding, stream, verbosity, wordiness |
| Main Entry: | expansion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | growth |
| Synonyms: | amplification, augmentation, breadth, development, diffusion, dilation, distance, distension, enlargement, evolution, expanse, extension, increase, inflation, magnification, maturation, multiplication, opening out, space, spread, stretch, swelling, unfolding, unfurling |
| Antonyms: | lessening, shrinkage, stagnation |
| Main Entry: | spread |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expansion, development; extent |
| Synonyms: | advance, advancement, compass, diffusion, dispersion, dissemination, enlargement, escalation, expanse, extension, increase, period, profusion, proliferation, radiation, ramification, range, reach, scope, span, spreading, stretch, suffusion, sweep, term, transfusion, transmission |
| Antonyms: | stagnation, suppression |
| Main Entry: | dispersion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dispersal |
| Synonyms: | diffusion, distribution, scattering |
| Main Entry: | penetration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | act of entering |
| Synonyms: | diffusion, entrance, forcing, infiltration, ingress, insertion, invasion, osmosis, perforation, piercing, punching, seepage, stabbing, thrusting |
| Antonyms: | departure, egress, evacuation |
| Main Entry: | radiation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dissemination |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, circulation, diffraction, diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, distribution, divarication, divergence, emission, polarization, propagation, ramification, scattering, spread, transmission |
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