SPREAD

spread

pervade /pərˈveɪd/ (v):

# (formal) pervade something: to spread through and be easy to notice in every part of something.

SYNONYM permeate;

a pervading mood of fear.

the sadness that pervades most of her novels.

The entire house was pervaded by a sour smell.

pervasive /pəˈveɪsɪv/ (adj):

# ​existing in all parts of a place or thing; spreading gradually to affect all parts of a place or thing.

a pervasive smell of damp.

Her influence is all-pervasive (= it affects everyone and everything).

A sense of social change is pervasive in her novels.

the increasingly pervasive subculture in modern society.

pervasively /pəˈveɪsɪvli/ (adv):

# ​in a way that exists in all parts of a place or thing; in a way that spreads gradually to affect all parts of a place or thing.

pervasiveness /pəˈveɪsɪvnəs/ (n):

# [uncountable] ​the fact of existing in all parts of a place or thing; the process of spreading gradually to affect all parts of a place or thing.

The pervasiveness of gun violence in their neighbourhood inspired them to film the documentary.