Disperse

Quick meaning: Disperse is a verb meaning (transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions.

Meaning

(transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To disseminate.
3. (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To distribute throughout.
5. Scattered or spread out.

Example Sentences

The Jews are dispersed among all nations.

The lippes of the wiſe diſperſe knowledge: but the heart of the fooliſh, doeth not ſo.

Australia itself is a very wide and very disperse country, where the distance problems significantly affect also the "internal" customer-supplier chains.

In particular, a very crisp quantifier such as “for all,” “there exists,” “at least 50 percent” tend to have less disperse weighting vectors while fuzzier quantifiers such as many tend to have a more disperse weighting vector.

Word Forms

• disperses
• dispersing
• dispersed

Synonyms for disperse

Depending on context, synonyms include besprenge, broadcast, desparple, discuss, disgregate, disparkle.

Antonyms for disperse

Common opposites include assemble, collect.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scatter, diffuse, disseminate, propagate, spread, dissipate.

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