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Princeton's WordNet

  1. scatteredadjective

    occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space

    "scattered showers"; "scattered villages"

  2. confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnectedadjective

    lacking orderly continuity

    "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"

Wiktionary

  1. scatteredadjective

    randomly distributed.

  2. scatteredadjective

    covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.

  3. scatteredadjective

    affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.

Wikipedia

  1. Scattered

    Scattered is a song by the British rock band The Kinks. Written by Ray Davies, "Scattered" appeared as the sixteenth track from their album Phobia, and was the band's final original single (only to be followed by reissues of "You Really Got Me" and "Waterloo Sunset".)

ChatGPT

  1. scattered

    Being scattered generally refers to being spread or distributed in different places or locations in a disorganized and irregular way. This can refer to both physical objects and abstract concepts, such as thoughts or feelings. It indicates a lack of concentration, organization, or cohesion.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scattered

    of Scatter

  2. Scatteredadjective

    dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread

  3. Scatteredadjective

    irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves

Wikidata

  1. Scattered

    Scattered is a rave party based in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1998 as a small 150 person event, it has grown over time to large-scale rave which regularly hosts some of the worlds leading happy hardcore, gabber and hard trance DJ's.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scattered in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scattered in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of scattered in a Sentence

  1. Weather Prediction Center:

    Scattered severe thunderstorms associated with large hail, wind damage and an isolated tornado threat are expected across parts of the southern and central Plains from late Tuesday afternoon through the evening into the overnight.

  2. George Carlin:

    Weather forcast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.

  3. Carvalho Resende:

    What the results revealed here is that it's not necessarily an issue related to a specific country or region, but that it's really a global issue, when we see where the 10 sites that have become carbon sources are, they are scattered all around the world, so the takeaway of the findings is that climate action is needed at a global level.

  4. Patrick Forbes:

    We really don't think of the community as refugees. I think of refugees as being scattered and chaotic retreat. This is a resettlement and we are careful to use that word.

  5. Coast Guard:

    The debris is scattered about over several miles, it's going to take some time to verify. The items would appear to be consistent with the missing ship.

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