Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Distributed or spread over a considerable extent: Refers to something that is scattered or spread out over a wide area, not concentrated in one place.
   • Having become separated or scattered: Describes a group or collection of things that were once together but are now spread apart.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The company has a widely dispersed workforce, with employees working remotely from dozens of countries.
  • After the concert, the crowd quickly dispersed into the surrounding streets.
  • Seeds from the dandelion are dispersed by the wind.

Advanced Usage

• "to be dispersed among": to be scattered or distributed within a larger group or area.
  • The rare artifacts were dispersed among several museums after the collection was sold.
• "widely dispersed": spread over a very large area or among many different places.
  • The research team studied the widely dispersed population of the endangered species.

Variants and Related Words

• Disperse (verb): To distribute or spread over a wide area; to cause to separate and go in different directions.
  • Police used tear gas to disperse the protesters.
• Dispersal (noun): The action or process of distributing or spreading things or people over a wide area.
  • The dispersal of pollen is essential for plant reproduction.

Synonyms

• Scattered: Thrown or spread about in various directions.
• Diffused: Spread over a wide area; not concentrated.
• Disseminated: Spread or dispersed widely.

Antonyms

• Concentrated: Gathered together in one place or focused on one thing.
• Clustered: Grouped closely together.
• Aggregated: Collected or formed into a mass or whole.

Related Phrases

• Disperse a crowd: To cause a gathered group of people to break up and leave.
  • The authorities moved in to disperse the crowd before it could grow larger.
• Disperse seeds: The natural process by which plant seeds are spread from the parent plant.
  • Birds and animals help disperse seeds across the forest.

Adjective

1. distributed or spread over a considerable extent
   • has ties with many widely dispersed friends
   • eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe