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- [transitive, intransitive] disperse (something) to spread or to make something spread over a wide area synonym scatter
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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.
Synonyms for DISPERSE: dissipate, scatter, disappear, dissolve, fade, disassemble, evaporate, disband; Antonyms of DISPERSE: meet, gather, congregate, collect, concentrate, assemble, cluster, conglomerate.
- Some common synonyms of disperse are dispel, dissipate, and scatter. While all these words mean "to cause to separate or break up," disperse implie...
- Although the words dispel and disperse have much in common, dispel stresses a driving away or getting rid of as if by scattering. // an authoritati...
- The meanings of dissipate and disperse largely overlap; however, dissipate stresses complete disintegration or dissolution and final disappearance....
- The words scatter and disperse can be used in similar contexts, but scatter implies a force that drives parts or units irregularly in many directio...
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.
The meaning of DISPERSE is to cause to break up. How to use disperse in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Disperse.
1. verb. When something disperses or when you disperse it, it spreads over a wide area. The oil appeared to be dispersing. [VERB] The intense currents disperse the sewage. [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.
Definition of disperse verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Disperse is to spread out people or things, making them move in different directions. Imagine yourself standing on a basketball court holding a cup packed tight with marbles. If you turn it over, the marbles will disperse across the floor, moving away from you in all directions.
