Humans are the vehicles that genes use to propagate themselves.
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Propagate
//ˈpɹɒpəˌɡeɪt//
Synonyms for "propagate" (86 found)
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63 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- плодя се verb (to generate; to produce)
- размножавам verb (to cause to continue or multiply by generation)
- размножавам се verb (biology: to produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants)
- разпространявам verb (to cause to spread to extend)
Catalan
2 entries- propagar verb (to cause to continue or multiply by generation)
- propagar verb (to cause to spread to extend)
Dutch
1 entries- propageren verb (to spread from person to person)
Finnish
4 entries- aiheuttaa verb (to generate; to produce)
- levittää verb (to cause to spread to extend)
- levittää verb (to spread from person to person)
- lisätä verb (to cause to continue or multiply by generation)
French
1 entries- se propager verb (biology: to produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants)
German
2 entries- sich vermehren verb (biology: to produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants)
- verbreiten verb (to cause to spread to extend)
Hungarian
4 entries- előidéz verb (to generate; to produce)
- hirdet verb (to spread from person to person)
- kelt verb (to generate; to produce)
- kivált verb (to generate; to produce)
Irish
3 entries- póraigh verb (to cause to continue or multiply by generation)
- síolraigh verb (to cause to continue or multiply by generation)
- síolraigh verb (biology: to produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants)
Japanese
1 entries- 伝播する verb (to cause to spread to extend)
Māori
2 entries- whakamakuru verb (to cause to continue or multiply by generation)
- whakamakuru verb ((obsolete in English) to multiply; to increase)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- یایمق verb (to cause to spread to extend)
- یایمق verb (to spread from person to person)
Portuguese
3 entries- propagar verb (to cause to continue or multiply by generation)
- propagar verb (to cause to spread to extend)
- propagar verb (to spread from person to person)
Romanian
2 entries- propaga verb (to cause to spread to extend)
- răspândi verb (to cause to spread to extend)
Russian
4 entries- размно́жить verb ((obsolete in English) to multiply; to increase)
- размно́житься verb ((obsolete in English) to multiply; to increase)
- размно́житься verb (biology: to produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants)
- размножа́ть verb ((obsolete in English) to multiply; to increase)
Spanish
2 entries- propagar verb (to cause to continue or multiply by generation)
- propagar verb (to cause to spread to extend)
Swedish
3 entries- fortplanta sig verb (biology: to produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants)
- sprida verb (to cause to spread to extend)
- sprida verb (to spread from person to person)
Ukrainian
2 entries- поши́рювати verb (to cause to spread to extend)
- розповсю́джувати verb (to cause to spread to extend)
Sample sentences
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Sound needs matter to propagate through. However, cosmic noise and electromagnetic waves don't.
Source: tatoeba (3513071)
Some common houseplants are pretty easy to propagate from cuttings.
Source: tatoeba (8978615)
Those people have a lot of ways to propagate their views -- they get elected to school boards, they go door-to-door with pamphlets -- all sorts of tactics.
Source: tatoeba (8978617)
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