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scat‧tered /ˈskætəd $ -ərd/ adjective
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English Dictionaryscat‧tered /ˈskætəd $ -ərd/
adjective 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 scattered showers (=short periods of rain) in the afternoon. a widely scattered set of islands [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsscattered adj. VERBS be, lie ADV. liberally Large vases of flowers were liberally scattered about the room.
randomly | thinly | widely living in widely scattered communities
geographically | everywhere PREP. about/around, across, among, on, over Broken glass lay scattered over the floor.
throughout, with The whole area was scattered with debris. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲