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to interspace

to interspace

7.7
To put spaces between things
  • verb
  • /ˈɪntərˌspeɪs/
translation icon : 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
12 7.2

To put things in different places among other things

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

To add extra space between lines of text

inserts spaces between any things, not only lines of text

How Scattered

to sprinkle
100 1.1
to interspace
7.7
to dot
42 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.