Management of Items: English Vocabulary List

to spread information, ideas, or knowledge to a wide audience

"Disseminate the news quickly."

"The organization uses social media and email newsletters to disseminate important information to its members quickly and efficiently."

to spread throughout and be present in every part of something

"Joy pervades the celebration."

"A feeling of anxiety and nervousness pervaded the waiting room as the patients sat quietly waiting for their test results from the doctor."

to gradually grow or increase by adding layers or parts over time

"Dust accretes on surfaces."

"Over millions of years layers of dust and gas accrete to form new stars and planets in the vastness of space."

to gather and store a large supply of food, money, etc., usually somewhere secret

"Squirrels hoard nuts."

"During times of uncertainty, some people tend to hoard essential supplies like canned goods and bottled water."

to add something that enhances or improves the quality or appearance of someone or something

"This wine complements the cheese perfectly."

"The red wine complemented the steak perfectly enhancing the flavor of both the meat and the drink."

to cause things to gather closely together

"People cluster around him."

"The stars seemed to cluster together in the night sky forming beautiful constellations that ancient people named after gods and heroes."

to hide or store something for future use

"We cache food supplies."

"The spies were instructed to cache the sensitive documents in a secure location before their planned extraction."

to bring ideas, texts, things, etc. together and create something new

"Conflate the data points."

"The journalist was careful not to conflate the two separate issues in her report because they had very different causes and required different solutions."

the act of bringing together various items, parts, or elements into a single unified whole

"An aggregation of people gathered."

"Data aggregation helps companies understand customer behavior more effectively."

the process of spreading or dispersing something widely

"The diffusion of ideas spread."

"Cultural diffusion happens when ideas and customs spread from one society to another."

the process of diverse elements uniting to form a single body, form, or group

"Many small businesses' coalescence."

"The coalescence of different ideas created a completely new approach to solving the problem."