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sparse
UK /spɑːs/ US /spɑːɹs/
adj 3verb 1
Collocations
3VERB + SPARSE
became, rain, walking
SPARSE + NOUN
array, drug, exceptions, tanzania, woods
PREP.
in, in, with
Definitions
adj
1
Having widely spaced intervals.
a sparse array, index, or matrix
The Leicester to Grimsby service will become hourly throughout (with some extensions to Cleethorpes as at present), while a new hourly Peterborough to Doncaster service via Spalding, Sleaford and Lincoln will join up two routes with a sparse service at present.
2
Not dense; meager; scanty
3
Having few nonzero elements
verb
1
To disperse, to scatter.
They began properly to ſparſe pretye rumours in the North, that no man ſhulde eate whyte breade, no man eate pygge, gooſe, or capon, without he agreed before with the kynge.
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Synonyms
adjective — not dense
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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a sparse array, index, or matrix
Wiktionary02
The Leicester to Grimsby service will become hourly throughout (with some extensions to Cleethorpes as at present), while a new hourly Peterborough to Doncaster service via Spalding, Sleaford and Linc
Wiktionary03
They began properly to ſparſe pretye rumours in the North, that no man ſhulde eate whyte breade, no man eate pygge, gooſe, or capon, without he agreed before with the kynge.
Wiktionary04
It makes things easier if your matrix is sparse.
Tatoeba · #96620405
But rain has been sparse in Tanzania, as it has in neighboring East African nations, and meteorologists are warning of a prolonged dry season.
Tatoeba · #1091321906
Trees became sparse.
Tatoeba · #11826068Usage Notes
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