scattered

Meaning

Verb

simple past and past participle of scatter

Adj

1. Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.
2. Seemingly randomly distributed.
3. Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
4. Affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.

scatter

• Verb
• Noun

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Synonyms

dispersed

spread

strewn

in pieces

disordered

in parts

dissipated

disconnected

in small groups

in disorder

diffused

confused

😕

occasional

sparse

disperse

unconnected

here and there

wide-open

in disarray

garbled

into pieces

distributed

diffuse

thrown about

disjointed

spread-out

disorder

scatter

sporadic

spread out

sprinkled

illogical

disorderly

tangled

cast

loose

messy

shaken off

spilt

straggling

strewed

tangle

thin

thrown

tumultuous

undisciplined

unorganized

wide

allocated

spread about

Translations

épars

éparpillé

disperso

dispersé

disseminato

zerstreut

sparso

بڵاو

sporadique

çà et là

clairsemé

zerstreute

vereinzelt

gestreut

مستطير

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskætɚd/

Sentences

In the event , Lord Grey withdrew ahead of the day , and the plotters scattered .

Prior to that , Galway had many one-room school houses scattered throughout the town .