What does disperse mean?
Definitions for disperse
dɪˈspɜrsdis·perse
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word disperse.
Princeton's WordNet
scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperseverb
distribute loosely
"He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatterverb
to cause to separate and go in different directions
"She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
break up, disperse, scatterverb
cause to separate
"break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread outverb
move away from each other
"The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
disperseverb
separate (light) into spectral rays
"the prosm disperses light"
circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass aroundverb
cause to become widely known
"spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
Wiktionary
disperseverb
To scatter in different directions
disperseverb
To break up and disappear; to dissipate
disperseverb
To disseminate
disperseverb
To separate rays of light etc. according to wavelength; to refract
disperseverb
To distribute throughout
Etymology: From disperser, from dispersus, past participle of dispergere, from dis- + spargere; see sparse.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To DISPERSEverb
Etymology: dispersus, Latin.
And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries. Ezek. xxxvi. 19.
Soldiers, disperse yourselves. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.
If the night
Have gather’d aught of evil, or conceal’d,
Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark. John Milton.
Wikipedia
Disperse
Disperse was a Christian rock band from Southern Indiana active from 1996 to 2004. The band was formerly known, with an adjusted roster, as "Stuff."
ChatGPT
disperse
To disperse generally means to distribute or spread over a wide area. It can also refer to the action of scattering, dissipating, or vanishing away. The term can be used in various contexts such as people in a crowd dispersing or light being dispersed into a spectrum of colors.
Webster Dictionary
Disperseverb
to scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations
Disperseverb
to scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors
Disperseverb
to separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse
Disperseverb
to distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others
Wikidata
Disperse
Disperse is a Christian Rock band from Southern Indiana. The band was formerly known, with an adjusted roster, as "Stuff."
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Disperse
dis-pėrs′, v.t. to scatter in all directions: to spread: to diffuse: to drive asunder: to cause to vanish.—v.i. to separate: to spread abroad: to vanish.—n. Dispers′al.—adv. Dispers′edly.—ns. Dispers′edness; Dispers′er.—adj. Dispers′ive, tending to disperse. [L. dispergere, dispersum—di, asunder, apart, spargĕre, to scatter.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
disperse
To scatter any body of men, armed or unarmed, who may have assembled in an illegal or hostile manner. The cavalry are generally employed on these occasions.
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Disperse
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Anagrams for disperse »
presides
despiser
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of disperse in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of disperse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of disperse in a Sentence
This morning, a couple of hours ago, he sent me a couple of images of protests going on in the Kabul area. They were holding the Afghanistan flag – not the Taliban flag, he told me that the Taliban ended up shooting at them so they all were forced to disperse.
This multiplicity of forces can breed dangerous confusion, such as when helicopters are used in a war-like tactic to frighten and disperse peaceful protesters.
We started to disperse and go to the South Side, the further South Side, the south suburbs, we started to lose that capacity, we became consumers as opposed to producers.
Stars form in packed groups called stellar nurseries and then later disperse as they move around the galaxy center, stars in these nurseries are so close to each other that they can exchange material amongst them by mutual gravitational interactions. Capture of 2015 BZ509 must have happened in the early stages of the solar system, about 4.5 billion years ago.
What you can't do is leave them in a camp in Syria being even more radicalised... until they disperse themselves through the world and make their way back here, i think the Germans, the French and ourselves have got to work out how to deal with this difficult and, I accept, dangerous problem.
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- разсейвам, разпилявам, разпръсквамBulgarian
- dispersarCatalan, Valencian
- rozptýlit, rozehnatCzech
- zerstreuenGerman
- dispeliEsperanto
- dispersarSpanish
- پراکنده کردنPersian
- levittää, hajottaa, hajaantua, hajotaFinnish
- disperserFrench
- scaoilIrish
- skeayl, scaalheanManx
- फैलानेHindi
- szétszórHungarian
- ցրել, ցրվելArmenian
- difuzarIdo
- distribuire, rifrangere, disperdere, disseminarereItalian
- 흩다Korean
- koraraMāori
- verbreidenDutch
- rozproszyćPolish
- disseminar, dispersar, refratar, distribuir, dissiparPortuguese
- рассе́ивать, преломи́ть, рассы́пать, разбра́сывать, преломля́ть, рассе́ять, раски́дывать, рассыпа́ть, распространи́ть, разогна́ть, разгоня́ть, раскида́ть, разброса́ть, распространя́тьRussian
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