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   disperse

   /dɪˈspəːs/

   verb

   • 1. distribute or spread over a wide area: "storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes" Similar scatterdisseminatedistributespreadbroadcastdiffusestrewsowsprinklepepperliterary:bestrewbesprinkleOpposite gather
   • ▪ go or cause to go in different directions: "the crowd dispersed" Similar break upsplit updisbandseparatescatterleavego their separate waysgo in different directionsdispeldrive awaydrive offchase awayput to flightbanishget rid ofrare:disuniteOpposite assemble
   • ▪ (with reference to gas, smoke, mist, or cloud) thin out or cause to thin out and disappear: "the earlier mist had dispersed" Similar dissipatebe dispelledthin outdissolvemelt awayfade awayvanishdisappearclearliftrise
   • ▪ divide (light) into constituents of different wavelengths: "the ability of a material to disperse light by refraction"

   adjective

   • 1. denoting a phase dispersed in another phase, as in a colloid: "emulsions should be examined after storage for droplet size of the disperse phase"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin dispers- ‘scattered’, from the verb dispergere, from dis- ‘widely’ + spargere ‘scatter, strew’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. disperser noun
   • 2. dispersible adjective
   • 3. dispersive adjective

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   DISPERSE definition: 1. to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this: 2. to spread…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of DISPERSE is to cause to break up. How to use disperse in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Disperse.

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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.

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   DISPERSE meaning: 1. to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this: 2. to spread…. Learn more.

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   [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. 2. verb. When a group of people disperses or when someone disperses them, the group splits up and the people leave in different directions.

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   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.

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   a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. See Synonyms at scatter. b. To strew or distribute widely: The airplane dispersed the leaflets over the city. 2. To cause to attenuate and disappear: The sun dispersed the fog. 3. a. To separate (light) into spectral rays. b.