intersperse
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin interspersus.
Verb [edit]
intersperse (third-person singular simple present intersperses, present participle interspersing, simple past and past participle interspersed)
- To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other:
- 1991, Frank Biocca, Television and Political Advertising: Signs, codes, and images, page 76:
- For example, a commercial sequence might intersperse pictures of a senator working in his office with shots of ordinary Americans happily working in various walks of life.
- (transitive) To scatter or insert (something) into or among (other things).
- Mother Nature interspersed a few dandelions among the petunias, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.
- 1985, Jane Y. Murdock, Barbara V. Hartmann, Communication and language intervention program (CLIP) for individuals with moderate to severe handicaps, page 46:
- Review tasks are particularly useful to intersperse when students are experiencing considerable failure.
- (transitive) To place or insert — to diversify by placing or inserting — other things among (something).
- Mother Nature interspersed the petunias with a few dandelions, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.
- 1991, Frank Biocca, Television and Political Advertising: Signs, codes, and images, page 76:
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to mix two things irregularly
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to diversify by placing or inserting
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References [edit]
- intersperse in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- intersperse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
