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scattered

  • adjective
  • scat·tered
  • /ˈskætɚd/

Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.

Example

“scattered applause”

Other meanings

  1. Seemingly randomly distributed.

  2. Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.

Related words

  • nonscattered
  • scattered disc
  • scattered shower
  • scatteredly
  • scatteredness
  • overscattered
  • rescattered
  • upscattered
  • unscattered

Example sentences

  • “There are billions of galaxies scattered throughout the universe.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “scattered” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.