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- Dictionarydisperse/dɪˈspəːs/
verb
- 1. distribute or spread over a wide area: "storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes" Similar Opposite
adjective
- 1. denoting a phase dispersed in another phase, as in a colloid: "emulsions should be examined after storage for droplet size of the disperse phase"
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: to cause to become spread widely. disperse the troops. c. : to cause to evaporate or vanish. sunlight dispersing the mist. 2. : to spread or distribute from a fixed or constant source: such as. archaic : disseminate. disperse the news. b. physics : to subject to dispersion (see dispersion sense 4) disperse light.
to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this: When the rain came down the crowds started to disperse. Police dispersed the crowd that had gathered. Compare. disseminate formal. Fewer examples. Outside the church, the congregation shook hands with the vicar and began to disperse.
spread across a large area: Internet technology allows us to work from anywhere and collaborate with geographically dispersed team members. It will be much harder to distribute food and clean water to dispersed communities. Fewer examples. Commuting patterns have been slowly changing as jobs have become more dispersed.
a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. See Synonyms at scatter. b. To strew or distribute widely: The airplane dispersed the leaflets over the city. 2. To cause to attenuate and disappear: The sun dispersed the fog. 3. a. To separate (light) into spectral rays. b.
The adjective dispersed can describe anything that's spread across a distance. You might use the Internet to stay in touch with your dispersed family, who live everywhere from Maine to California. The Latin root of dispersed is dispersus, meaning "to scatter."
to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this: When the rain came down the crowds started to disperse. Police dispersed the crowd that had gathered. Compare. disseminate formal. Fewer examples. Outside the church, the congregation shook hands with the vicar and began to disperse.
verb. cause to separate and go in different directions. synonyms: break up, dispel, dissipate, scatter. see more. verb. cause to become widely known. synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread. circulate, go around, spread. become widely known and passed on. see more.
verb (used without object) , dis·persed, dis·pers·ing. to separate and move apart in different directions without order or regularity; become scattered: The crowd dispersed. to be dispelled; be scattered out of sight; vanish: The smoke dispersed into the sky. Synonyms: evanesce, disappear.
[VERB noun] Because the town sits in a valley, air pollution is not easily dispersed. [VERB noun] Synonyms: scatter, spread, distribute, circulate More Synonyms of disperse. 2. verb. When a group of people disperses or when someone disperses them, the group splits up and the people leave in different directions.
verb. /dɪˈspɜːs/ /dɪˈspɜːrs/ Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] to move apart and go away in different directions; to make somebody/something do this. The fog began to disperse. The crowd dispersed quickly. disperse somebody/something Police dispersed the protesters with tear gas. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
