1. to spread and promote an idea, belief, or practice widely
2. to reproduce or multiply, especially plants or animals
Usage: biology
3. to transmit or carry from one place to another
Usage: physics

Examples

• The organization works to propagate awareness about climate change.
• Social media helps propagate news quickly around the world.
• Gardeners propagate roses by taking cuttings from healthy plants.
• Many plants propagate naturally through their seeds.
• Sound waves propagate through air at different speeds.
• Light propagates through space at a constant velocity.
• The teacher tried to propagate good study habits among her students.