dispersed
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4.2
- adjective
- /dɪsˈpɜrst/
- The archaeological data shows that through early farming times, we lived in these small dispersed settlements.
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Watch on YouTubeYou get a kind of naturally dispersed finish onto your skin.
- You get a kind of naturally dispersed finish onto your skin.
- But power is still pretty much dispersed.
- His comments were occasional, fragmentary, dispersed.
- She gives another example of of the Jews throughout the entire history that they, they have really, once they're dispersed from from their their land.
- And it's better to be dispersed and to have knowledge and decentralized.
- The route was written, but the maps, Insignia, and all the variants of white dispersed through the holy frame.
- And my hope is that that I'll write enough of them that that even the ones that are dispersed will find a home altogether.
Examples
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For the next few days, the Japanese would continue their advance across the island while Maltby struggled to reorganize his depleted and dispersed forces.
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The hikers found a dispersed group of tents scattered along the riverside.
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You can see it dispersed just like, I guess cream into coffee.
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You get a kind of naturally dispersed finish onto your skin.
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So we are right outside Capitol Reef right now in a free dispersed camp spot.
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To this end, large detachments of the remaining Guard and Planetary Defence forces have been dispersed across outskirts of the city.
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The seeds were dispersed by the wind, covering a wide area of the field.
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After the storm, the debris from the trees was dispersed throughout the neighborhood.
Synonyms
137
3.5
Spread over a wide area and not close together
74
3.3
Fully opened and stretched out over an area
35
3.8
Spread out across an area or shared among many people
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5.0
Present in small numbers or amounts
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4.4
Light that spreads out and looks soft, not in one direction
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3.5
Arranged so they cover a wide area like papers fanned on a table
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.7
Tiny bits spread through another substance, like fat droplets in milk
- Specialized
A substance that appears as tiny particles inside another substance, for example oil in water
How Spread
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dispersed comes from the Latin parts dis- meaning 'apart' and spargere meaning 'to scatter'. Think of sparse, which has the same root and means 'spread out', so dispersed means 'spread apart' or scattered.