scattered

scattered

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskætɚd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskætəd/

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• Hyphenation: scat‧tered

Verb

scattered

1. simple past tense and past participle of scatter

Adjective

scattered (comparative more scattered, superlative most scattered)

1. Seemingly randomly distributed.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.

2. (meteorology, of clouds) covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
3. (meteorology, of precipitation) affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• nonscattered
• scatteredly

• scatteredness
• unscattered

Translations

Randomly distributed

Czech: roztroušený m Finnish: hajanainen (fi) French: disséminé (fr), éparpillé (fr), épars (fr) Irish: scaoilteach Kurdish: Central Kurdish: بِڵاو‎ (billaw), پەرت‎ (pert) Northern Kurdish: belav (ku)

Latin: dispersus Maori: pūrei, pūreirei, mārārara, rauroha, kahora Portuguese: espalhado (pt) m Russian: разбро́санный (ru) (razbrósannyj), раски́данный (ru) (raskídannyj) Spanish: desperdigado (es), disperso (es), esparsido m

meteorology: covering three eighths to four eighths of sky

Finnish: melko selkeä

French: épars (fr)

meteorology: affecting 30% to 50% of area

Finnish: hajanainen (fi)

French: épars (fr)

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