intersperse
verb/ˌɪntəˈspɜːs/
/ˌɪntərˈspɜːrs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intersperse | /ˌɪntəˈspɜːs/ /ˌɪntərˈspɜːrs/ |
| he / she / it intersperses | /ˌɪntəˈspɜːsɪz/ /ˌɪntərˈspɜːrsɪz/ |
| past simple interspersed | /ˌɪntəˈspɜːst/ /ˌɪntərˈspɜːrst/ |
| past participle interspersed | /ˌɪntəˈspɜːst/ /ˌɪntərˈspɜːrst/ |
| -ing form interspersing | /ˌɪntəˈspɜːsɪŋ/ /ˌɪntərˈspɜːrsɪŋ/ |
- be interspersed with/in something to put something in something else or among or between other things
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations.
- Interspersed in the narrative are the personal stories of several important women architects.
- a scattering of alpine flowers interspersed among crags of weathered rock
- a series of short films, liberally interspersed with commercial breaks
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘diversify (something) by introducing other things at intervals’): from Latin interspers- ‘scattered between’, from interspergere, from inter- ‘between’ + spargere ‘scatter’.Definitions on the go
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