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Word: Disperse
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin dispers- ‘scattered’, from the verb dispergere, from dis- ‘widely’ + spargere ‘scatter, strew’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈspəːs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
distribute or spread over a wide area
Short Definition:distribute or spread over wide area
Examples:- storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes
- caravan sites could be dispersed among trees so as to be out of sight
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