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to interspace

to interspace

1 7.7
To put spaces between things
  • verb
  • /ˈɪntərˌspeɪs/
: intercalar
  • The speaker will interspace humorous anecdotes between serious points to keep the audience engaged.
  • regularly interspaced
  • interspaced short

Examples

  • In her garden, she chose to interspace the flowers with small shrubs for a more balanced design.

  • A typical exercise session involved approximately (a) 15 minutes of swinging in a cradle-like swing; (b) 15 minutes of trampolining; and (c) 15 minutes of reflex inhibiting activities as those previously described interspaced with a selection of gross and fine motor exercises.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The artist decided to interspace the paintings with blank frames to enhance their visual impact.

Synonyms

to intersperse
vsto interspace
2 7.2

To put things in different places among other things

places items by inserting intervals directly between things
to interline
vsto interspace
  • Specialized
1 7.4

To add extra space between lines of text

inserts spaces between any things, not only lines of text

How Scattered

to sprinkle
106 1.1
to interspace
1 7.7
to dot
25 1.0

Surface Forms

interspace infinitive
interspaced past
interspaced past participle
interspacing present participle
interspaces third person singular

Morphology

interspace = space (transparent) = inter + space

The verb is transparently formed by adding the productive prefix 'inter-' to the verb 'space' to mean 'to put spaces between'.

Etymology

The verb interspace uses the same parts, inter- 'between' and space 'an area', so to interspace something is to put spaces or short breaks 'between' items or events.