What does spreading mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. spread, spreadingnoun

    process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

  2. dissemination, airing, public exposure, spreadingnoun

    the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate

  3. spread, spreadingnoun

    act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

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  1. spreading

    Spreading refers to the act of extending, dispersing, or distributing something over a large or wider area. It can be applied to various contexts, such as spreading butter on bread, spreading news or information, or the spreading of a disease or virus.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Spreading

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of spreading in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of spreading in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of spreading in a Sentence

  1. State Rep. Mike Johnson:

    A few well-funded activist groups have intentionally mischaracterized the bill – spreading fear and intimidation and misinformation.

  2. Ashish Jha:

    This pandemic now is really among young people and it is a very dangerous time to be unvaccinated in the country because it is spreading pretty efficiently among young people and unvaccinated people.

  3. Haydn Parry:

    In any public health program it's hard to get 100% support, i'm sure there will be some that don't agree. But we have a very significant public health threat before us. Time is not on our side if you look at how Zika has been spreading. The sooner we can get going and show what we can do, the sooner we can make a difference in the fight against this virus.

  4. Houston Methodist Hospital:

    The virus is spreading rapidly. The time to act is now.

  5. Jared Baeten:

    Some individuals are either particularly infectious or that the [ amount of ] time or number of people that they spend time with is enough to make their effect on spreading the virus to be disproportionately greater than the average.

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