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Meaning of 'scattered' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scattered [ a.]
- Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.
- Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves.
2 . Scattered [ imp. & p. p.]
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Meaning of 'scattered' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scattered [ s]
Meaning (1):
- lacking orderly continuity
Example in sentence:
  • a confused dream about the end of the world;
  • a confused set of instructions;
  • disconnected fragments of a story;
  • scattered thoughts
Meaning (2):
- occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
Example in sentence:
  • scattered showers;
  • scattered villages

Nearby Words:

scab scabbard scabbard plane scabbed scabbedness scabbily scabbiness scabbing scabble scabby

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