intersperse

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌɪntəˈspɜːs/ (UK)
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/ˌɪntəˈspɜːs/ (UK) · /ˌɪntɚˈspɝs/ (US) · /ˌɪntəˈspɜːs/

Definition of intersperse

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other.
    “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.”
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verb

  1. To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other.
    “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.”
  2. (transitive)To scatter or insert something into or among other things.
    “When writing, I intersperse details.”
    “Kjelsås (six miles) marks the end of the suburbs, and the line immediately plunges into Nordmarka. This vast untamed area of forest and mountain (much of it over 2,000 ft. above sea level), interspersed with innumerable lakes, large and small, is known as Oslo's playground.”
    “Review tasks are particularly useful to intersperse when students are experiencing considerable failure.”
    “Goffin is a prose text interspersed with short lists of typical terms exemplifying certain sub-classes of Indian English lexis.”
  3. (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.”

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Etymology

From Latin interspergō, interspersus.

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