[
US
/dɪfˈjus, dɪfˈjuz/
]
ADJECTIVE
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spread out; not concentrated in one place
a large diffuse organization -
lacking conciseness
a diffuse historical novel - (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
VERB
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move outward
The soldiers fanned out -
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 -
cause to become widely known
spread information
circulate a rumor
broadcast the news
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