Scattered
/ˈskætɚd/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of scatter form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.
"scattered applause"
- 2 Seemingly randomly distributed.
"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."
- 3 Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
- 4 Affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.
"Scattered showers."
Adjective
- 1 lacking orderly continuity wordnet
- 2 occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space wordnet
Example
More examples"Empty cans were scattered about the place."