adj
Meaning 1
Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- scattered applause
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
scattered
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈskætɚd/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskætəd/
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adj
Meaning 2
Seemingly randomly distributed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
Examples
- Scattered showers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
simple past and past participle of scatter
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 6
lacking orderly continuity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a confused set of instructions
- a confused dream about the end of the world
- disconnected fragments of a story
- scattered thoughts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, unconnected
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- scattered showers
- scattered villages
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُتَفَرِّق (mutafarriq) — Randomly distributed
- Bulgarian: разпръснат (razprǎsnat) — Randomly distributed
- Czech: roztroušený — Randomly distributed
- Finnish: hajanainen — Randomly distributed
- French: disséminé — Randomly distributed
- French: éparpillé — Randomly distributed
- French: épars — Randomly distributed
- Irish: scaoilteach — Randomly distributed
- Central Kurdish: بِڵاو (billaw) — Randomly distributed
- Central Kurdish: پەرت (pert) — Randomly distributed
- Northern Kurdish: belav — Randomly distributed
- Latin: dispersus — Randomly distributed
- Māori: pūrei — Randomly distributed
- Māori: pūreirei — Randomly distributed
- Māori: mārārara — Randomly distributed
- Māori: rauroha — Randomly distributed
- Māori: kahora — Randomly distributed
- Māori: tīraurau — Randomly distributed
- Portuguese: espalhado — Randomly distributed
- Portuguese: disperso — Randomly distributed
- Romanian: împrăștiat — Randomly distributed
- Romanian: risipit — Randomly distributed
- Romanian: răzleț — Randomly distributed
- Romanian: dispersat — Randomly distributed
- Russian: разбро́санный (razbrósannyj) — Randomly distributed
- Russian: раски́данный (raskídannyj) — Randomly distributed
- Spanish: desperdigado — Randomly distributed
- Spanish: disperso — Randomly distributed
- Spanish: esparsido — Randomly distributed
- Ottoman Turkish: منتشر (münteşir) — Randomly distributed
- Ukrainian: розсі́яний (rozsíjanyj) — Randomly distributed
- Ukrainian: розки́даний (rozkýdanyj) — Randomly distributed
- Bulgarian: разкъсан (razkǎsan) — meteorology: covering three eighths to four eighths of sky
- Finnish: melko selkeä — meteorology: covering three eighths to four eighths of sky
- French: épars — meteorology: covering three eighths to four eighths of sky
- Finnish: hajanainen — meteorology: affecting 30% to 50% of area
- French: épars — meteorology: affecting 30% to 50% of area
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