scramble
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈskræmbəl/
:
carrera
- During the evacuation, everyone engaged in a chaotic scramble to get to safety.
- a mad scramble
- scramble for Africa
- a scramble for colonies
So it's this mad scramble to chisel out this run of show.
- So it's this mad scramble to chisel out this run of show.
- So, but that with that came the end this year of this sort of wild scramble for return.
- Meanwhile, the current administration is swamped in a last minute mad scramble for pardons, according to one insider.
- It was just a scramble for the present problem.
- See, but that's the thing though, because we I play in these celebrity scrambles and things like that.
- It's it is a really astonishing scramble.
Examples
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Word had spread that a verdict had been reached, and there was a scramble for seats.
Fiction book (1992) -
We must have lost them in the scramble.
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It's a scramble for the ball!
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Global warming has given birth to a new scramble for territory and resources among the five Arctic powers.
Academic text (2008) -
After the initial scramble, the group settles in for the feast.
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We are all free to join the scramble for power and riches, and to sell our beliefs to buy success.
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In the first decade of the 21st century, the scramble for reserve replacement has become increasingly intense.
Academic text (2005) -
Academics, critics, museums, galleries, dealers, and collectors are all in a scramble for his wire-stitched wall sculptures.
Academic text (2008) -
After the announcement, there was a frantic scramble for tickets to the concert.
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The job fair turned into a fierce scramble for the best positions among eager applicants.
Synonyms
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4.3
A busy, energetic time or place with a lot of movement
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3.7
A short, rough fight between people, not usually serious
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5.4
Many people compete quickly and chaotically for the same thing
A noisy, rough fight with little care for rules
A chaotic rushed situation that happens because of poor planning
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
A chaotic rushed situation that happens because of poor planning
How Hurried
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4.2
403
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word scramble keeps the sense of quick, rough movement; imagine people rushing forward and grabbing at the same time. That's why a scramble is a hurried, messy struggle to get something.