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Scatter

Definitions: Scatter

Scatter

Noun

1. A haphazard distribution in all directions.

2. The act of scattering.

Verb

1. To cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example; "She waved her hand and scattered the crows.".

2. Move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";.

3. Distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon.".

4. Sow by scattering.

5. Cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles".

6. Strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "scatter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Scatter

DomainDefinitions

Aerospace

1. = scattering. 2. The relative dispersion of points on a graph, especially with respect to a mean value, or any curve used to represent the points. See dispersion.3. To accomplish scattering. (references)

Medicine

The extent to which relative success and failure are divergently manifested in qualitatively different tests. . Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

Deviation of portions of a radiation beam by scattering centers in the medium through which the beam passes. In ultrasonics, it occurs by reflection, refraction, or diffraction at any acoustical discontinuity comparable in size with, or larger than, the wave length used; in radiography, the scatter occurs by the Compton, photoelectric, andpair-production processes. (references)

Physics

Radiation which, during passage through a material, has been deviated from its original direction or changed in energy by scattering. Source: European Union. (references)

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Synonyms: Scatter

Synonyms: scattering (n), strewing (n), break up (v), dispel (v), disperse (v), dissipate (v), dot (v), dust (v), spread (v), spread out (v), sprinkle (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Scatter

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Abrogation

Countermand, counter order; do away with; sweep away, brush away; throw overboard, throw to the dogs; scatter to the winds, cast behind.

Arrangement

Litter, scatter; mix.

Confutation

Verb: confute, refute, disprove; parry, negative, controvert, rebut, confound, disconfirm, redargue, expose, show the fallacy of, defeat; demolish, break; (destroy); overthrow, overturn scatter to the winds, explode, invalidate; silence; put to silence, reduce to silence; clinch an argument, clinch a question; give one a setdown, stop the mouth, shut up; have, have on the hip.

Curvature

Render curved; Adjective: flex, bend, curve, incurvate; inflect; deflect, scatter; refract (light); crook; turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate; bow, curl, recurve, frizzle.

Destruction

Deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut; disorganize; dismantle; (render useless); devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound; exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate; snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out; lay in the dust, trample in the dust; prostrate; tread under foot; crush under foot, trample under foot; lay the ax to the root of; make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of; cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons; fling to the winds, scatter to the winds; throw overboard; strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword; cast to the dogs; eradicate.

Divergence

Verb: diverge, divaricate, radiate; ramify; branch off, glance off, file off; fly off, fly off at a tangent; spread, scatter, disperse; deviate; part; (separate).

Insanity

Adjective: insane, mad, lunatic,loony; crazy, crazed, aliene, non compos mentis; not right, cracked, touched; bereft of reason; all possessed, unhinged, unsettled in one's mind; insensate, reasonless, beside oneself, demented, daft; phrenzied, frenzied, frenetic; possessed, possessed with a devil; deranged, maddened, moonstruck; shatterpated; mad-brained, scatter brained, shatter brained, crackbrained; touched, tetched; off one's head.

Nonassemblage Dispersion

Verb: disperse, scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, bestrew, overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, dismember, distribute; apportion; blow off, let out, dispel, cast forth, draught off; strew, straw, strow; ted; spirtle, cast, sprinkle; issue, deal out, retail, utter; resperse, intersperse; set abroach, circumfuse.

Turn adrift, cast adrift; scatter to the winds;

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Scatter

English words defined with "scatter": backscatter, Beflower, Bescatter, Besnow, besprinkle, break, broadcastconstellateDesparple, Disgregate, Disparkle, Disperple, dotHailshotImpatiens, Insperse, InterfuseOverstrewRespersescatter pin, scatter rug, Shrapnel shell, Sparble, Sparpoil, spray, Sprenge, Springe, sprinkle, studTo spread cloth, topdress, ToscatterWhiffle. (references)
Specialty definitions using "scatter": air scatterback scatter, back scattering, Beadsdeep scattering layer, drill-hole patternflow cytometrygrab samplingintensive samplingmean square deviation, medial testnephelometryParviz'radio horizon, relative scatter intensity, relative scattering functionscatter angle, scatter communication, scatter load, scatter pile, scatter propagation, scattering cross sectiontest phantom, tropospheric scatter, turbulent scatterWilks'internal scatter. (references)
Etymologies containing "scatter": DiasporeHailshotsemen, Sparsim, sporadicToscatter. (references)

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Modern Usage: Scatter

DomainUsage

Screenplays

If they scatter, go for the baby and the mother. (Death Race 2000; writing credit: Ib Melchior; Robert Thom)

I'm going to use this steam pipe like an old-fashioned muzzle loader scatter a few stones create a diversion. (MacGyver; writing credit: John Gorrie)

Well, normal procedure, Lieutenant, is to jump up 250 feet into the air and scatter yourself over a wide area. (Blackadder Goes Forth; writing credit: Richard Curtis; Ben Elton)

They scatter when the light goes on. (Weekend at Bernie's; writing credit: Robert Klane)

I scatter, I burn my enemies' tents. (Lawrence of Arabia; writing credit: T.E. Lawrence; Robert Bolt)

Lyrics

And scatter like ice from the spoon ("Black Balloon"; performing artist: Goo Goo Dolls)

Scatter my love like leaves in the wind. ("Comin' Back to Me"; performing artist: Jefferson Airplane)

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Commercial Usage: Scatter

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Scatter of Memories (reference)

  • A Scatter of Stardust (reference)

  • Making Cushions and Covers: Scatter Cushions, Bolsters, Bean Bags and Chair Covers to Transform Your Home (reference)

  • Scatter Matrix (reference)

  • Scatter Plots: Plain & Simple (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

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Image Slideshow: Scatter

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Scatter

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

The result of changes of water temperature on fisheries is significant. As water temperatures rise and nutrient levels decline, shoals of cold-water-loving small pelagics scatter and descend to depths of 150 to 200 meters, where they are not accessible to traditional surface purse seiners, or they migrate south.Credit: Fisheries.

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Sounds Captioned with "Scatter".

PlayCaption
Spray; atomize; diffuse; drizzle; dust; scatter; shoot; shower; smear; spatter; splash; spritz; squirt; throw around.
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Familiar Quotations: Scatter

AuthorQuotation

Aaron Hill

Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.

Howard

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.

St. Augustine

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.

Wray

They who scatter with one hand, gather with two, not always in coin, but in kind. Nothing multiplies so much as kindness.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Scatter

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

This is called scatter laser treatment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Scatter

"Scatter" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 44.11% of the time. "Scatter" is used about 297 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)44.11%13127,855
Noun (singular)33.67%10032,668
Lexical Verb (infinitive)22.22%6641,290
                    Total100.00%297N/A

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Expressions: Scatter

Expressions using "scatter": air scatter back scatter error scatter forward scatter propagation ionospheric scatter scatter cushion scatter diagram scatter fragrance scatter in all directions scatter load scatter pin scatter rug scatter the floor with paper scatter to the winds troposphere scatter tropospheric scatter Wilks'internal scatter. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "scatter": scatter-beading, Scatter-brain, Scatter-brained, scatter-brains, scatter-effect, scatter-good, scatter-graphs, scatter-gun, scatter-hoard, scatter-shot.

Ending with "scatter": anti-scatter, down-scatter, shrapnel-scatter, side-scatter.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Scatter

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

back scatter

91

scatter plot

40

scatter

18

scatter diagram

15

scatter rug

12

scatter ash

7

scatter graph

7

scatter subtest wisc

4

cushion scatter

3

scatter chart

3

meteor scatter

3

creek scatter

3

diagram example scatter

3

airport back scatter

3

light scatter

3

example plot scatter

3

dxing meteor scatter

3

creek infonet scatter

3

scatter xray

3

graph plot scatter

2
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Modern Translations: Scatter

Language Translations for "scatter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

giet (pour, shed). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

derdh (discharge, disgorge, dump, effuse, ejaculate, eject, empty out, escape, found, outpour, pay in, pour, pour off, pour out, reject, run, shed, slop, spill, strew, tap, tip off, upset). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فرق (allot, apportion, be afraid, be scared, become afraid, deal out, difference, differentiate, diffuse, discrepancy, disperse, distinction, distribute, disunite, divide, give out, parcel out, part, section, separate, strew about, variance), ‏نثر (besprinkle, disperse, disseminate, distribute, drill, intersperse, outwit, prose, sow, sowing, sown, sprinkle, strew, strewing, yank), ‏نشر (apply, be published, bear, braying, bring out, broadcast, circulate, diffusion, dispose, disseminate, distribute, edition, expand, extend, fudge, gazette, give out, hang out, insert in a newspaper, irradiate, issue, overspread, peddle, pervade, popularize, print, proclaim, programming, promulgate, promulgation, propagation, publicize, publishing, put forth, put out, run, saw, sawing, sawn, shake out, sow, spread, sprinkle, strew, thrust, trephine, unfold, unroll, unwrap), ‏تبعثر (squander, waste), ‏ذر (scattering, sprinkle), ‏إنتثر (disseminate), ‏إنجاب (procreation, reproduction), ‏بعثر (disarrange, disturb, disunite, litter, rummage, shatter), ‏بدد (burn, dally, dawdle, devour, disperse, dissipate, fool, fritter, melt, resolve, slattern, spend, spoil, squander, throwaway, waste). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

разсейвам (dispel, disperse, dissipate, distract, illumine, lay, put off, quell, resolve, satisfy), разбивам (agitate, beat, beat up, blank, blast, blight, break, break down, break in pieces, break to pieces, burst open, dash, deflate, disrupt, hack, kick in, mill, overwhelm, pry open, shatter, smash, smash in, smash up, split off, stamp, whip, whip up, wreck), разпръсквам се (disband, disperse, dissipate), раздавам щедро (lavish), осуетявам (abort, baffle, disappoint, foil, frustrate, mock, pour cold water on, scotch, short circuit, sink, spoil, wash out), наръсвам (powder), пръскам се (dabble), пръскам (bespatter, frizz, shed, shoot, spatter, spit, splash, sprinkle, squirt, throw, throw about), пилея (lavish, overspend, potter away, skittle, slather, throw about, throw away, wanton, waste). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(giggle), (separate, temporarily, to open, to spread out, to unroll), (adjourn, leisurely, loosen, powdered medicine, to come loose, to scatter), 消散 (Dissipate, Dissipating), (wield, wipe away), ' (broadcast, sow, spread), (get rid of), 分散 (disperse, distribute). (various references)

   

Czech

  

rozsévat (sow), rozptyl (diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, stray), rozptýlit se (clear), rozložení (decomposition, dissolution, resolution), rozházet (squander, strew), rozfoukat, rozehnat (break up, disperse), pohodit. (various references)

   

Danish

  

strø (batten, dump, hatch batten, joist, pour, pour out), øse (bailer, baler, pour, scoop, shed, skeet). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

strooien (dump, pour, pour out, spraying, spreading), rondstrooien. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

verŝi (pour, shed), disĵeti, ŝuti (dump, pour, pour out). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

stroya (dump, pour, pour out), stoyta (dump, melt, pour, pour out, shed), skeinkja (pour, shed), díkja undir (dump, pour, pour out). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پخش کردن (Diffuse, Dispread, Distribute, Divide, Shift, Spread, Strew), پراکنده وپریشان کردن , پراکندن (Cast, Transmit), متفرق کردن (Intersperse), افشاندن (Diffuse, Exude, Inseminate, Intersperse, Pour, Spray, Winnow), ازهم جداکردن (Split, Wedge). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sironnut säteily (scattered radiation), kaataa (fell, knock down, overturn, pour, shed, spill, strike down, upset). (various references)

   

French

  

verser, répandre, dispersion (scattering, scavenging), disperser. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

jitte (pour, shed). (various references)

   

German

  

streuen (grit, salt, sand, spread, sprinkle, strew, strewed, strewn, to scatter), zerstreuen (abstract, allay, amuse, charm away, diffuse, dispel, disperse, disseminate, dissipate, distract, divert, entertain, lay, lull, resolve, sow, to allay, to disperse, to scatter), verstreuen (disperse, Dot, spill, spread about, spread around, strew, throw about, throw around, to scatter). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σκορπίζω (bestrew, shake out, strew, strow), διασκορπίζω (disband, dispel, disperse, dissipate), διασκορπίζομαι. (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

derdh (pour, shed). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשטוח (spread, stretch out), לפזר (diffuse, disband, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, sow, spatter, spread, strew), לזרות (disperse, sprinkle, strew), לזרוע (crop, plant, seed, sow), ל"תפזר (disperse, dissipate), ל"פיץ (circulate, disperse, disseminate, distribute, promulgate, propagate, sow, spread), ל"ר"ר (roll), לבזוק (sift, sprinkle, strafe, strew), לבזור (disperse, strew), לב"ר (amuse, delight, divert, entertain, sport), ל "וף (disperse, evaporate, volatilize, waft), פזור (demilitarization, diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, distribution, scattered, scattering, spread). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szór (distribute, scintillate, sprinkle, strew, to diffuse, to disperse, to eject, to fritter away, to send forth, to sprinkle, to strew), szétszór (disject, disperse, dissipate, to break down, to diffuse, to disperse, to disseminate, to dissipate, to distribute, to fritter away, to rout), leszór, kiszór, hint (sow, strew, strewed, strewn, to dredge, to scatter, to sprinkle, to strew), elterjeszt (disseminate, promulgate, set about, spread, to disperse, to disseminate, to generalize, to put about, to scatter, to universalize). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menyebarkan (deploy, distribute, strew), menghamburkan (dissipate), menceraiberaikan, awur. (various references)

   

Irish

  

scaip. (various references)

   

Italian

  

versare (decant, deposit, pay in, pour, pour out, put down, shed, shower, slop, spill, stream, tip, weep). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

雲散 (disperse), "み箱 (garbage can or box, idleness, purring, rubbish bin, starchy, stiff, thunder). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

う"さ" (disperse), "ろ"ろ (idleness, purring, thunder). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

살포 (spray, spraying). (various references)

   

Manx

  

skeaylley (bestrew, breed, cast loose, demobilization, diffract, diffuse, diffusion, disband, discharge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissipation, dissolution, dissolve, draw apart, drop away, leakage, liquidate, looseness, release, resolution, resolve, run out, scattering, scramble, slacken, slackening, slip, spread, spreading, spring, sprinkle, sprinkling, undoing, unfix, unfurl, unfurling), scaalheaney (broadcast, broadcasting, diffuse, disband, disperse, rout), roie er chea (abscond, fly away, retreat, run away). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

basha (pour, shed). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atterscay

   

Polish

  

lać. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

verter (drop, pour, pouring, shed, translate), radiação difundida (scattered radiation), pôr em fuga, espalhar (bestrew, blow, buzz, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distributed, drift, drop, fledge, fleece, fling, intersperse, noise, overblown, overspread, promulgate, propagate, publish, put about, retail, rumor, rumour, run through, send, sow, spill, sprawl, spraying, spread, spreading, stretch, strew), entornar (dump, effuse, flow, overthrow, pour, pour in, pour out, put about, spill, turn over, upset), disseminar-se, disseminar (disseminate, promulgate, radiate, sow), dispersar-se (straggle, stray), dispersar (break up, disband, disject, dismiss, dispel, disperse, disposed, dissipate, distract, drive off), dispersão (broadcast, deflocculation, discordance, disperse, dispersion, dispersive, dissipation, funds spread too thinly, leakage, scattering, spread, stray, tip off), despejar (clean out, dump, exhaust, pour, shed, shower), derrotar (beat, checkmate, cob, defeat, discomfit, foil, get up the better, hammer, kill, outmatch, overcome, overpower, pill, pip, thrash, vanquish, whop, worst), derramar (drop, dump, effusion, flow, outpour, pour, pour in, pour out, put about, shed, spill, strew), alastrar (ballast, disseminate, spread). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

dispersa (disperse, spread). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

рассыпать (spill, strew), рассеять (dispel, disperse, dissipate), рассеивать (diffuse, disject, dispel, disperse, dissipate), разнести (break up, carry, convey, deliver), разбросать (throw about), разбежаться, разбивать (break up, defeat, demolish, drub, shatter, smashes, split up, trounce), закидать, посыпать (powder, sprinkle, strew, talcum). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

spreigh, sgiot, sgap (disperse), sgainnir, dr bh. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

razbacati (intersperse, litter, winnow), rasturiti (disperse, dissipate, resolve), rasturanje (dispersal, dissipation), rasejati (spread diffuse). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

esparcir (amuse, disseminate, divert, Interspace, intersperse, shake down, sow, sparse, spread, sprinkle, strew, throw about), dispersión (breakup, carry-over, dispersal, disperse, dispersion, dissipation, drift, droop, leakage, pattern, scattering, spread, stray, windage loss), derramar (draw, outpour, pour, pour out, shed, shower, slop, spill, spill out, stream, strew, tumble, tumble over, upset). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

skingra sig. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

serpmek (asperse, besprinkle, dabble, dust, intersperse, perfuse, pulverization, spill, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, strew), savurmak (blow about, brandish, bung, chuck, chuck away, dash, flap, fling, hurl, hurtle, rip out, swing, throw out, thunder), saçmak (besprinkle, bestrew, broadcast, disseminate, distribute, eradiate, irradiate, lash out on, radiate, sow, spill, spit, splutter, sprinkle, strew, throw out), saçıp savurmak (fling away, prodigalize, spend prodigally, squander, squander away), saçılmak (be scattered, be spilled, be sprinkled, fly, spill, sprinkle), yayılmak (be out at grass, be rife, branch, circulate, diffuse, disperse, effuse, emanate, expand, fan, fan out, get about, get around, get round, go, grow rife, loll, lounge, mushroom, outstretch, overspread, permeate, pervade, ramble, ramp, resound, splay, sprawl, spread, spread oneself, spread out, stretch, unfold), perişan etmek (bring to ruin, desolate, drag down, prostrate), dağıtmak (be on the loose, bestrew, break on, crack up, deal, deal out, decompose, deliver, demount, deploy, diffuse, disband, disject, disjoint, dismantle, dispel, dispense, disperse, disrupt, dissipate, dissolve, distribute, divert, Dot, drown, fling off, hand out, issue, litter, mete out, pass out, rag, rough up, ruffle, rumple, strew, tumble), dağılmak (adjourn, be scattered, clear, clear away, come apart, crack up, decay, decompose, diffuse, disband, disintegrate, disperse, disrupt, dissolve, fall, fly to pieces, go into splinters, go splinters, go to pieces, separate, splinter, spread, straggle), boşa harcamak (cast away, chuck away, dissipate, fling away, footle, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, idle, idle away, lavish, misapply, misspend, pass away, pour down the drain, squander, squander away, throw away, throw to the dogs, trifle away, waste), akitmak (pour, shed). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

dagatmat. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

розсіюватися (evanesce, roll away), розсіювати (dissipate, flecker, squander), розсіювання (dispersal, dissipation, scattering), розкидати (bestrew, blow about, disject, disperse, disseminate, fling about, overspread, strew, throw about), розкидання (dissemination, scattering). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự tung rắc, sự rải ra, những cái được rải ra. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ymwasgaru (spread), tarfu (scare), gwasgaru (disperse, spread), chwalu (demolish, spread). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

-thela (pour, shed). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Scatter

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

conturbo, destravit, differas, differat, differentes, differenti, differentia, differentur, differt, differtur, diffugere, diffugit, diffundo, dilabor, dilata, dimiserant, dimiserat, dimiseratis, dimiseris, dimiserit, dimiseritis, dimisero, dimiserunt, dimiseruntque, dimisi, dimisimus, dimisissem, dimisisses, dimisisset, dimisisti, dimisistis, dimisit, dimisitque, dimissa, dimissam, dimissi, dimissis, dimisso, dimissum, dimissus, dimittam, dimittamini, dimittantur, dimittas, dimittat, dimittatis, dimittatur, dimitte, dimittebantur, dimittemus, dimittendi, dimittens, dimittent, dimittentes, dimittentur, dimittere, dimitteremus, dimitterentur, dimitteres, dimitteret, dimittes, dimittesque, dimittet, dimittetis, dimittetur, dimitteturque, dimitti, dimittimus, dimittis, dimittit, dimittite, dimittitis, dimittitur, dimittunt, dimittuntur, discedant, discedas, discedat, discede, discedebant, discedebat, discedendi, discedens, discedensque, discedent, discedentes, discedere, discederent, discederet, discedet, discedimus, discedit, discedite, discessere, discesseris, discesserit, discesserunt, discessissent, discessisset, discessit, dispergam, dispergamini, dispergantur, dispergat, dispergatur, disperge, dispergendum, dispergentur, dispergerem, dispergerent, dispergeret, disperges, disperget, dispergimini, dispergit, dispergitur, dispersa, dispersae, dispersas, disperserit, dispersero, disperserunt, dispersi, dispersisti, dispersistis, dispersit, dispersorum, dispersos, dispersum, dispersus, dispersusque, displicare, dissipa, dissipabant, dissipabis, dissipabit, dissipabitur, dissipabo, dissipabunt, dissipabuntur, dissipans, dissipant, dissipantes, dissipantur, dissipare, dissiparem, dissipasset, dissipasti, dissipat, dissipata, dissipatae, dissipatam, dissipatarum, dissipatas, dissipate, dissipati, dissipatum, dissipatus, dissipaverint, dissipaverunt, dissipavi, dissipavit, dissipemus, dissipentur, dissipes, dissipet, distuli, distulisti, distulit, divido, eser, fuderit, fuderunt, fudit, fundam, fundamini, fundant, fundas, fundat, fundatur, funde, fundebat, fundebatur, fundenda, fundendum, fundens, fundent, fundentes, fundentque, funderetur, fundes, fundesque, fundet, fundetque, fundetur, fundis, fundit, fundite, funditis, fundo, funduntur, fusa, fusae, fusi, fusione, fusis, fusorio, fusum, fusura, fusus, iacio, iesser, palantes, palatae, palatarum, palatas, palato, palatum, perdo, sata, sati, satis, satos, ser, seram, seras, serat, seratur, serent, serenti, serere, seres, sereser, seret, seretis, seretisque, seri, seris, serit, serite, seritur, sero, serunt, sevisset, sevisti, soluta, soluti, solutis, solutum, solutus, solvam, solvant, solvas, solvat, solve, solvebat, solvebatur, solvens, solventes, solventibus, solventur, solverant, solvere, solveret, solverit, solveritis, solvet, solvetur, solvi, solvisti, solvit, solvite, solvitis, solvitur, solvunt, spargat, spargendi, spargens, sparget, spargitur, spargo, spargo sparsi sparsum, spargo, sparsi, sparsum, spargunt, sparserunt, sparsi, sparsionem, sparsis, sparsit, sparso, sternam, sterne, sternebant, sternens, sternent, sternere, sterneret, sternet, sternetur, sternite, strata, strati, strato, stratores, stratu, stratum, stratumque, straverunt, stravi, stravissent, stravit, stravitque, transfusus. (various references)

Middle French1400-1600

disperser. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Scatter

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 49, Verse 7
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEpikataratoV o qumoV autwn oti auqadhV kai h mhniV autwn oti esklhrunqh diameriw autouV en iakwb kai diasperw autouV en israhl
Latin405VulgateMaledictus furor eorum quia pertinax et indignatio illorum quia dura dividam eos in Iacob et dispergam illos in Israhel
Middle English1395WyclifCursid is the woodnes of hem, for it is stedfast, and the indignacioun of hem, for it is hard; Y shal deuyde hem in Jacob, and I shal scater hem in Yrael.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleCursed be their wrath for it was stronge and their fearsnes for it was cruell. I will therfore deuyde them in Iacob and scater them in Israel.
Jacobean English1611King JamesCursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Victorian English1833WebsterCursed be their anger, for it was fierce: and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Basic English1964OgdenA curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Scatter

LanguageGenesis Chapter 49, Verse 7
BulgarianПроклет гневът им, защото беше свиреп, И яростта им, защото бе жестока! Ще ги разделя в Якова, И ще ги разпръсна в Израиля.
CebuanoTinunglo ang ilang kapungot, kay mapintas gayud: Ug ang ilang kaligutgut, kay mabangis gayud: Ako magapabulag kanila kang Jacob, Ug ako magapapatlaag kanila sa Israel.
Chinese他 們 的 ' 氣 暴 烈 可 '' . 他 們 的 忿 恨 殘 忍 可 詛 . 我 要 使 他 們 分 居 在 雅 各 家 裡 、 散 住 在 以 色 列 地 中 。
CroatianProkleta im srdžba, jer je prežestoka! Prokleta im obijest, jer je preokrutna! Razdijelit æu ih po Jakovu, Izraelom raspršiti.
DanishForbandet være deres Vrede, så vild den er, deres Hidsighed, så voldsom den er! Jeg spreder dem i Jakob, splitter dem ad i Israel!
DutchVervloekt zij hun toorn, want hij is heftig; en hun verbolgenheid, want zij is hard! ik zal hen verdelen onder Jakob, en zal hen verstrooien onder Israel.
FinnishKirottu olkoon heidän vihansa, sillä se on raju, heidän kiukkunsa, sillä se on julma. Minä jakelen heidät Jaakobin sekaan ja hajotan heidät Israelin sekaan.
FrenchMaudite soit leur colère, car elle est violente, Et leur fureur, car elle est cruelle! Je les séparerai dans Jacob, Et je les disperserai dans Israël.
GermanVerflucht sei ihr Zorn, daß er so heftig ist und ihr Grimm, daß er so störrig ist. Ich will sie zerteilen in Jakob und zerstreuen in Israel.
Haitian CreoleMadichon pou yo lè yo move paske yo san manman! M'ap fè yo rete toupatou nan peyi Jakòb la. M'ap gaye yo nan tout peyi Izrayèl la.
HungarianÁtkozott haragjok, mert erõszakos, és dühök, mivel kegyetlen; eloszlatom õket Jákóbban, és elszélesztem Izráelben.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariTerkutuklah kemarahan mereka, karena dahsyatnya. Terkutuklah keberangan mereka, karena kejamnya. Aku akan menceraiberaikan mereka di seluruh Israel. Aku akan menghamburkan mereka di antara seluruh bangsa.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaTerkutuklah kiranya amarahnya, sebab garangnya dan amoknya, karena ia itu bengis adanya. Maka aku akan membagi-bagi mereka itu di antara bani Yakub dan mencerai-beraikan mereka itu di antara orang Israel.
ItalianMaledetta la loro ira, perché violenta, e la loro collera, perché crudele! Io li dividerò in Giacobbe e li disperderò in Israele.
Korean그 노 염 이 혹 독 하 니 주 를 받 을 것 이 " 분 기 가 맹 하 니 주 를 받 을 것 이 라 내 가 그 " 을 야 곱 중 에 서 나 누 며 이 스 라 엘 중 에 서 흩 으 리 로 다
MaoriKia kanga to raua riri, i kaha nei; me to raua aritarita, no te mea he nanakia: ka wehea atu raua e ahau ki roto ki a Hakopa, ka whakamararatia hoki raua ki roto ki a Iharaira.
Modern GreekΕπικαταρατος ο θυμος αυτων, διοτι ητο αυθαδης· και η οργη αυτων, διοτι ητο σκληρα· θελω διαμοιρασει αυτους εις τον Ιακωβ, και θελω διασκορπισει αυτους εις τον Ισραηλ.
NorwegianForbannet være deres vrede, for den var vill, og deres grumhet, for den var hård! Jeg vil kaste dem omkring i Jakob og sprede dem i Israel.
PortugueseMaldito o seu furor, porque era forte! maldita a sua ira, porque era cruel! Dividi-los-ei em Jacó, e os espalharei em Israel.   
RumanianBlestematq sq fie mknia lor, pentrucq a fost prea turbatq, Wi furia lor, cqci a fost prea sqlbaticq! Ki voi kmpqryi kn Iacov, Wi -i voi risipi kn Israel.
Russian ТПЛМСФ ЗОЕЧ ЙИ, Й'П ЦЕУФПЛ, Й СТПУФШ ЙИ, Й'П УЧЙТЕ Б; ТБЪ"ЕМА ЙИ Ч йБЛПЧЕ Й ТБУУЕА ЙИ Ч йЪТБЙМЕ.
SpanishMaldito sea su furor, porque fue fiero, y su ira, porque fue cruel. Yo los dispersaré en Jacob, y los esparciré en Israel.
SwedishFörbannad vare deras vrede, som är så våldsam, och deras grymhet, som är så hård! Jag skall förströ dem i Jakob, jag skall förskingra dem i Israel.
Thaiให้ความโกรธอันรุนแรงของเขาเป็นที่แช่ง ให้ความโทโส"ุร้ายของเขาเป็นที่สาปเถิ" เราจะให้เขาแตกแยกกันในพวกยาโคบ จะให้เขาพลั"พรากไปในพวกอิสราเอล
UkrainianПроклятий гнів їхній, бо сильний, та їхня лютість, тяжка бо вона! Поділю їх я в Якові, і їх розпорошу в Ізраїлі!

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Scatter

Derivations

Words beginning with "scatter": scatteration, scatterations, scatterbrain, scatterbrained, scatterbrains, scattered, scatterer, scatterers, scattergood, scattergoods, scattergram, scattergrams, scattergun, scatterguns, scattering, scatteringly, scatterings, scatters, scattershot. (additional references)

Words ending with "scatter": backscatter. (additional references)

Words containing "scatter": backscattered, backscattering, backscatterings, backscatters. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Scatter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: esciter, Mccotter, Scadder, scartata, scata, scater, scaterr, scather, Scatsta, scattere, scattery, Schacter, scitor, Scotter, scottum, scratter, scuter, scutter, skaftar, statter. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Scatter"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "scatter" (pronounced ska"ter)
3-a" t erattar, batter, Blatter, chatter, clatter, fatter, flatter, hatter, latter, matter, natter, patter, platter, shatter, smatter, spatter, splatter, Tatar, tatter.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Scatter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-r-s-t-t"

-1 letter: carets, cartes, caster, caters, crates, reacts, recast, stacte, stater, taster, taters, tetras, traces, tracts, treats.

-2 letters: acres, aster, cares, caret, carse, carte, carts, caste, cater, cates, cesta, crate, crest, escar, races, rates, react, recta, scare, scart, scatt, serac, stare, start, state, taces, tacet, tacts, tares, tarts, taste, tater, tates, tears, teats, tecta, testa, tetra, trace, tract, treat, trets.

-3 letters: aces, acre, acts, arcs, ares, arse, arts, ates, care, cars, cart, case, cast, cate, cats, ears, east, eats, eras, erst, etas, race, rase, rate, rats, recs, rest, rets, sate, scar, scat, sear, seat, sect, sera, seta, sett, star, stat, stet, tace, tact, tare, tars, tart, tate, tats, tear, teas, teat, test, tets, tret, tsar.

-4 letters: ace, act, arc, are, ars, art, ate, att, car, cat, ear, eat, era, ers, eta, ras, rat, rec, res, ret, sac, sae, sat, sea, sec, ser, set, tae, tar, tas, tat, tea, tet.

-5 letters: ae, ar, as, at, er, es, et, re, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-r-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: castrate, chatters, citrates, clatters, cristate, cytaster, detracts, extracts, ratchets, retracts, scatters, scattier, teacarts, trajects, transect.

 

+2 letters: artefacts, astricted, astrocyte, attachers, attackers, bractlets, brattices, cabrettas, castrated, castrates, catheters, catteries, corotates, cottagers, craftiest, cutwaters, cytasters, eructates, etceteras, interacts, raclettes, reactants, reattacks, retroacts, rusticate, scattered, scatterer, spectator, strategic, streetcar, tesseract, tetracids, tetrarchs, thatchers, theatrics, theocrats, trachytes, tractates, transects, transfect, trifectas, truncates, urticates.

 

+3 letters: abstracted, abstracter, abstricted, acquitters, altercates, architects, astrocytes, athrocytes, atrocities, backstreet, carnotites, carrotiest, centralest, centralist, certainest, charlottes, chatterers, cigarettes, clathrates, clatterers, contrasted, craterlets, crepitates, curettages, detractors, distracted, doctorates, entrechats, extractors, extricates, greatcoats, intercaste, microstate, micturates, octameters, outercoats, pacesetter, racketiest, reattaches, recitalist, recontacts, rectorates, reductants, reluctates, retractors, rheostatic, rickettsia, rusticated, rusticates, scatterers, scattergun, scattering, spectators, stagecraft, starchiest, statecraft, streetcars, subtracted, subtracter, taperstick, telecaster, tesseracts, testicular, tracheitis, transacted, transected, transfects, triticales, utterances.

 

+4 letters: abstracters, abstractest, abstractive, aerostatics, anthracites, arctangents, arithmetics, articulates, astrometric, backscatter, backstreets, backstretch, cantatrices, cassiterite, catastrophe, cellarettes, centralists, certainties, clarinetist, consternate, contrastive, cotoneaster, counteracts, countryseat, creationist, criticaster, crystallite, detractions, distractive, electorates, eructations, extractions, extractives, gastrectomy, haircutters, hematocrits, hyperstatic, intercostal, kickstarted, letterspace, martensitic, meritocrats, metacenters, microstates, obstetrical, orchestrate, pacesetters, paresthetic, patriciates, peristaltic, protectants, reactivates, recitalists, recitations, recitatives, recitativos, remittances, resuscitate, reticulates, retractions, rickettsiae, rickettsial, rickettsias, scattergood, scattergram, scatterguns, scatterings, scattershot, scoutmaster, scratchiest, secretariat, spatterdock, stagecrafts, stagestruck, statecrafts, stereotaxic, straitlaced, strategical, streetscape, stretchable, subtracters, subtractive, tachometers, tapersticks, technocrats, telecasters, testatrices, tetracaines, tetrachords, tetrarchies, tetrasporic, theatricals, tradecrafts, trajections, transecting, transection, transfected, translocate, translucent, triacetates, triceratops, trifurcates, triplicates, trochanters, truckmaster, turtlebacks, ultrasecret, uncastrated, watchtowers, watercrafts, weathercast, wildcatters.

 

+5 letters: abstractable, abstractedly, abstractness, acculturates, actinometers, aftereffects, altercations, antihysteric, antipyretics, attractances, azotobacters, backscatters, bacteriostat, carburetters, carburettors, cassiterites, catachrestic, catastrophes, catheterizes, centralistic, centralities, certificates, chatterboxes, chrestomathy, clarinetists, clarinettist, commentators, compartments, concentrates, consternated, consternates, contractures, contrastable, cotoneasters, counterblast, counterparts, counterstain, counterstate, countryseats, creationists, creativities, crepitations, criticasters, crystallites, curtailments, deactivators, decapitators, decorticates, decrepitates, directorates, distractable, distractedly, distractible, ectoparasite, encrustation, expectorants, expectorates, extrications, felicitators, fractionates, geostrategic, gerontocrats, gesticulator, gnatcatchers, inspectorate, interactants, interactions, intercalates, intercoastal, intercostals, latticeworks, letterspaces, literalistic, matriculates, mercantilist, meristematic, metacentrics, metathoraces, metrications, natriuretics, neutralistic, nonstrategic, obstetrician, orchestrated, orchestrater, orchestrates, orchestrator, overabstract, pancreatitis, participates, particulates, peripatetics, postfracture, precipitants, precipitates, pterodactyls, ratiocinates, reactivities, recantations, recommittals, recultivates, reenactments, relativistic, reluctations, resuscitated, resuscitates, resuscitator, retroactions, scatteration, scatterbrain, scattergoods, scattergrams, scatteringly, scoutmasters, secretariats, semiabstract, separatistic, spatterdocks, spectatorial, spermatocyte, sportscaster, stereotactic, sternocostal, straitjacket, streetscapes, tetradrachms, therapeutics, thermostatic, tracheitises, tracheostomy, tradescantia, traducements, trajectories, transcendent, transections, transfecting, transfection, translocated, translocates, truckmasters, undistracted, weathercasts, wristwatches.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Scatter


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 63 61 74 74 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    -.-.    .-    -    -    .    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100011 01100001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#99 &#97 &#116 &#116 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0063 0061 0074 0074 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53696786867184

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