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to stagger

to stagger

12 4.2
Arrange things so they are spaced out in place or time
  • verb
  • /ˈstæɡər/
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  • The coach decided to stagger the start times of the races for better organization.
  • staggered times
  • staggered dates
  • staggered terms

Not only are they super cold Hardy, but they're going to grow way longer and we are going to stagger harvest them just like we do our lettuce.

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Examples

  • If you stagger the meeting times, everyone can attend without waiting.

  • Development of many musical skills requires that teachers stagger the introduction, development, and application of new skills with multiple songs.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Some people need to stagger their medication.

    Bones (2001)

  • Well, from now on, why not stagger them in shifts?

    Gog (1954)

  • Plus, RHD can stagger our assets.

    Ambulance (2022)

  • The principal staggered class times to reduce the density of students in the area.

    Academic text (2001)

  • If multiple learning objectives are being implemented within the SLO, stagger the time frames to make success possible.

    Academic text (2014)

  • And we have staggered the coaching and the live training sessions so that there will be at least one scheduled during day hours in your time zone.

  • Four caravans had already started on the long overland trail, their departures staggered a few days apart.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Planting and cultivation are rotated and staggered to sustain production and provide multiple harvests over many months.

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

to space
vsto stagger
64 3.1

To put things some distance apart from each other

arranges items for practical reasons across time or places
to spread out
vsto stagger
24 3.1

To arrange or unfold things so they cover a larger area

focuses on deliberate interval arrangement for time or order
to intersperse
vsto stagger
12 7.2

To put things in different places among other things

prefers planned arrangement rather than mixing items among others
to string out
vsto stagger
1 4.2

To place things in a line along a path

is used more broadly to arrange items by time or other patterns

Antonyms

to align
89 3.5

To put things in a straight line or in the correct position

to synchronize
  • US
49 4.7

To make two or more things happen at the same time

Compounds

stagger bush
  • US
9.9

A bush with pinkish-white nodding flowers that is poisonous to farm animals

stagger head
  • Specialized
9.6

A headline with each line indented more to the right like steps

How Even

to align
89 3.5
to space
64 3.1
to stagger
12 4.2
to offset
9 4.5
to spread out
24 3.1

Surface Forms

stagger infinitive
staggered past
staggered past participle
staggering present participle
staggers third person singular

Etymology

Stagger meaning to space things out comes from the idea of things not being in a straight line, like uneven steps that 'stagger' along. That is why to stagger items or times is to arrange them so they do not happen together or line up.