scattered

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/ˈskætɚd/

adj 4

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

be, lie

ADV

liberally

Throughout the garden, colorful wildflowers were liberally scattered across the hillside.

randomly | thinly

widely

The company has offices widely scattered across three different countries.

geographically | everywhere

PREP

about/around, across, among, on, over

Toys were scattered across the living room after the children finished playing.

throughout, with

The old garden was scattered throughout with colorful wildflowers that bloomed every spring.

Definitions

adj

Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.

scattered applause

And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d: And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes, Share equally the gold that bought their liues, And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea, […]

Seemingly randomly distributed.

There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.

Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.

Affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.

Scattered showers.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — lacking orderly continuity

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

scattered applause

Wiktionary

And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d: And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes, Share equally the gold that bought their liues, And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea, […]

Wiktionary

The surroundings become bleak in the extreme as the timber line is approached and trees give place to thinly scattered birches that are little more than bushes.

Wiktionary

Empty cans were scattered about the place.

Tatoeba · #18336

Fragments of the mirror were scattered on the floor.

Tatoeba · #18925

With a scream, the spectators scattered.

Tatoeba · #20939

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