He picked up the scattered toys...
Tomorrow there will be a few scattered showers...
The fridge door was open and food was scattered across the floor.
Every surface is scattered with photographs.
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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 — adj. VERBS ▪ be, lie ▪ find sth ADVERB ▪ liberally ▪ Large vases of flowers were liberally scattered around the room … Collocations 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
