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scat·tered
(skăt′ərd)adj.
1. Loosely distributed; strewn: scattered grains of rice that lay on the sidewalk.
2. Not thinking clearly or in an organized fashion; unfocused.
3. Physics Deflected. Used especially of radiation or particles.
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scattered
(ˈskætəd)adj
spread or dispersed in an untidy or irregular way
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Adj. | 1. | scattered - occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space; "scattered showers"; "scattered villages" distributed - spread out or scattered about or divided up |
2. | ![]() incoherent - without logical or meaningful connection; "a turgid incoherent presentation" |
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Translations
مُتَقَطِّع، من حينٍ إلى آخَر
rozptýlený
szétszórt
dreifîur
roztrúsený
scattered
[ˈskætəd] ADJ → dispersothe village is very scattered → las casas del pueblo son muy dispersas
scattered showers → chubascos mpl dispersos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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scattered
adj population → weitverstreut; objects, villages → verstreut; trees → einzeln stehend; clouds, showers, fighting → vereinzelt; my relatives are scattered all over the country → meine Verwandten sind über das ganze Land verstreut; the books were scattered (about) all over the room → die Bücher lagen im ganzen Zimmer herum or verstreut; a piano scattered with photographs → ein mit Fotos übersätes Klavier
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
scattered
[ˈskætəd] adj (books, houses) → sparso/a, sparpagliato/a; (population) → sparso/ascattered showers → precipitazioni fpl sparse
scattered with (strewn) → cosparso/a di
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
scatter
(ˈskӕtə) verb1. to (make) go or rush in different directions. The sudden noise scattered the birds; The crowds scattered when the bomb exploded.
2. to throw loosely in different directions. The load from the overturned lorry was scattered over the road.
ˈscattered adjective occasional; not close together. Scattered showers are forecast for this morning; The few houses in the valley are very scattered.
ˈscattering noun a small amount scattered here and there. a scattering of sugar.
ˈscatterbrain noun a forgetful or unreliable person.
ˈscatterbrained adjectiveKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
scattered
a. esparcido-a, diseminado-a; desparramado-a, regado-a.
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