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to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.)
  1. 1 to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.), to travel, to circulate, to go around, to be passed around, to become known
  2. 2 to be handed down (from generation to generation), to be passed down
  3. 3 to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.), to be brought, to come
  4. 4 to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.), to be felt, to come across
  5. 5 to travel (of sound, electricity, etc.), to propagate, to be conducted, to be transmitted
  6. 6 to go along, to move along
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • Tea was introduced from China.

    sense 3 · to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.)

  • Bad news travels fast.

    sense 1 · to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.)

  • Sound travels very quickly.

    sense 5 · to travel (of sound, electricity, etc.)

  • Tears rolled down his cheeks.

    sense 6 · to go along

  • My intentions reached you clearly enough.

    sense 4 · to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)

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