[ US /dɪfˈjus, dɪfˈjuz/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. spread out; not concentrated in one place
    a large diffuse organization
  2. lacking conciseness
    a diffuse historical novel
  3. (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
VERB
  1. move outward
    The soldiers fanned out
  2. spread or diffuse through
    An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
    His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
    music penetrated the entire building
  3. cause to become widely known
    spread information
    circulate a rumor
    broadcast the news
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How To Use diffuse In A Sentence

  • First, it moves a great deal of diffuse wealth and concentrates it in the hands of the war industry.
  • They will learn more about Churchill than from this diffuse, badly edited book. Times, Sunday Times
  • But the mood has been building for several years, diffused through a host of single issue campaigns, through numerous signs of dissent and discontentment.
  • The BMW M6 has deeper front valance with air intakes for the engine and brakes, more contoured sills and rear valance that includes a diffuser to increase aerodynamic efficiency.
  • The access-floor system, together with floor diffusers, allows modifications to the layout of the space to be completed with very little lost work time.
  • I'm meeting with the guy from Solatube at the site on Saturday, so any specific advice (eg; using multiple smaller lights to avoid shadows rather than one big one, using specific kind of diffuser, etc, would be really helpful if you can think of any.) Skylight tubing
  • Their immense and sandy diffuseness is like the prairie or the desert, and their incongruities are like the last deliration. Representative Men
  • The main lobby is cooled with a variety of custom displacement diffusers at each of the four floor levels.
  • She is both the discerning scholar from the West who has managed to keep a sense of perspective and balance in a diffuse narrative and an enchanted participant in the action.
  • What's instructive is to look at how the Obama campaign responded: challenge the facticity and factiousness of the ACORN story -- and get it explained about how ridiculous it is, and let the pictures of the McCain/Palin supporters diffuse themselves across the i-net. Colin Powell Endorses Obama
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