DISPERSE


Meaning of DISPERSE in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ quickly , rapidly

▪ widely

The population in this area is very widely ~d.

▪ evenly , uniformly

The bird-feeding system evenly ~s food and water.

▪ randomly

▪ geographically , spatially

geographically ~d political and economic power

VERB + DISPERSE

▪ begin to

The crowd slowly began to ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ around

Members of her family are now ~d around the world.

▪ over

The seeds are ~d over a wide area.

▪ throughout

Warm air rises and ~s throughout the building.

Disperse is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ cloud , ↑ crowd , ↑ demonstrator , ↑ fog

Disperse is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ crowd , ↑ demonstration , ↑ demonstrator , ↑ heat , ↑ mob , ↑ seed

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