Question

Which phrase from this sentence best reveals the meaning of the word disseminate?

The boss decided to openly disseminate the lagging profit statistics rather than keeping them as a carefully guarded secret from employees.

boss decided

lagging profit statistics

carefully guarded secret

from employees

Answer 1

Carefully guarded secret.. credit to Octavia

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. carefully guarded secret.

Disseminate also means "publicize", "proclaim" - that is, reveal something that had been hidden. So, we see an opposition in this sentence, signified with the conjunction "rather than". The statistics won't be "a carefully guarded secret", but disseminated, which means they would be publicly disclosed, for all to hear.