What does disperse mean?

Definitions for disperse
dɪˈspɜrsdis·perse

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperseverb

    distribute loosely

    "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

  2. disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatterverb

    to cause to separate and go in different directions

    "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

  3. break up, disperse, scatterverb

    cause to separate

    "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"

  4. disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread outverb

    move away from each other

    "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

  5. disperseverb

    separate (light) into spectral rays

    "the prosm disperses light"

  6. 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

  1. disperseverb

    To scatter in different directions

  2. disperseverb

    To break up and disappear; to dissipate

  3. disperseverb

    To disseminate

  4. disperseverb

    To separate rays of light etc. according to wavelength; to refract

  5. disperseverb

    To distribute throughout

  6. Etymology: From disperser, from dispersus, past participle of dispergere, from dis- + spargere; see sparse.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Disperseverb

    to scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations

  2. Disperseverb

    to scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors

  3. Disperseverb

    to separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse

  4. Disperseverb

    to distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. 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, dispersumdi, asunder, apart, spargĕre, to scatter.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. 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.

Suggested Resources

  1. Disperse

    Disperse vs. Disburse -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Disperse and Disburse.

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  1. presides

  2. despiser

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of disperse in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of disperse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of disperse in a Sentence

  1. Mariam Farzayee:

    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.

  2. Mayor Bowser:

    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.

  3. Bruce Montgomery:

    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.

  4. Helena Morais:

    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.

  5. Ken Clarke:

    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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Translations for disperse

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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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