intersperse
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈspɜː(ɹ)s/
intersperse (intersperses, present participle interspersing; 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.
- 1991, Frank Biocca, Television and Political Advertising: Signs, codes, and images, page 76:
- (transitive) To scatter or insert something into or among other things.
- 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.
- 1985, Jane Y. Murdock, Barbara V. Hartmann, Communication and language intervention program (CLIP) for individuals with moderate to severe handicaps, page 46:
- (transitive) 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.
- French: entremêler
- Portuguese: intercalar
- Russian: сме́шивать
- Spanish: intercalar, entremezclar, interspersar
- French: intercaler
- Russian: вкрапля́ть
- Spanish: intercalar, interspersar
- Portuguese: intercalar
- Russian: разбавля́ть
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