Large vases of flowers were liberally scattered around the room.
The people live in widely scattered communities.
Broken glass lay scattered over the floor.
The whole area was scattered with debris.
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Scattered — is a famous rave party based in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1998 as a small 150 person event, it has grown over time to large scale rave which regularly hosts some of the worlds leading happy hardcore, gabber and hard trance DJ s.Event… … Wikipedia
Scattered — Scat tered, a. 1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves. [1913 Webster] {Scat tered*ly}, adv. {Scat tered*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scattered — index disconnected, sporadic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
scattered — scat|tered [ˈskætəd US ərd] adj spread over a wide area or over a long period of time scattered over/throughout/across/around etc ▪ Broken glass lay scattered over the floor. scattered with ▪ The sky was scattered with stars. ▪ There will be some … Dictionary of contemporary English
scattered — [[t]skæ̱tə(r)d[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n, v link ADJ prep/adv Scattered things are spread over an area in an untidy or irregular way. He picked up the scattered toys... Tomorrow there will be a few scattered showers... The fridge door was open and food… … English dictionary
scattered — scatteredly, adv. scatteredness, n. /skat euhrd/, adj. 1. distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers. 2. dispersed; disorganized: scattered forces. 3. distracted or… … Universalium
scattered — scat|tered [ skætərd ] adjective * 1. ) spread over a large area: My relatives are scattered all over the country. 2. ) happening in only a few places: Scattered fighting continued. scattered showers: Tomorrow it will be mostly cloudy with… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scattered */ — UK [ˈskætə(r)d] / US [ˈskætərd] adjective 1) spread over a large area My relatives are scattered all over the country. 2) happening in only a few places Scattered fighting continued. scattered showers: Tomorrow it will be mostly cloudy with… … English dictionary
Scattered — Scatter Scat ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scattering}.] [OE. scateren. See {Shatter}.] 1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scattered — adjective 1. occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space (Freq. 7) scattered showers scattered villages • Similar to: ↑distributed 2. lacking orderly continuity a confused set of instructions … Useful english dictionary
