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disperse
What does disperse mean?
disperse (verb): to scatter in different directions.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use disperse in a sentence?
How do you pronounce disperse?
/dɪˈspɝs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does disperse come from?
From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of disperse?
Words related to disperse
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “disperse”?
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What does “disperse” mean?
to scatter in different directions
Right! That's what “disperse” means.
worry unnecessarily or excessively
Not quite: that's what fuss means.
to stress, single out as important
Not quite: that's what emphasize means.
make sense of; assign a meaning to
Not quite: that's what interpret means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “disperse”?
qualify
Not quite: qualify means something else.
warrant
Not quite: warrant means something else.
scatter
Right!
deposit
Not quite: deposit means something else.
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