adj
Meaning 1
Spread out in space and/or time; not concentrated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dispersed
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɜːst/
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Canada, General-American: /dɪˈspɝst/
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California, Southern: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian: /dɪˈspɜːst/
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New-Zealand: /dəˈspøːst/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)st
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CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S P ER1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of disperse
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
distributed or spread over a considerable extent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- has ties with many widely dispersed friends
- eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spread
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Real reading context