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dispersar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dispel verb To make fears, doubts, or false ideas disappear by showing they have no basis.
  • disperse verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
  • scatter verb To cause to separate and move in different directions.
  • spread verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.

Senses

dispersar is used for these senses in English:

  • dispel (transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
  • disperse (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
  • scatter (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
  • spread (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. [from 13th c.]
  • thin out (transitive) To make sparse; to remove some of a group of newly-planted plants in order to allow the remaining ones to grow unimpeded.

disperse — full definition

  1. verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
  2. verb To spread information or resources widely.

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