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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•sperse /ˌɪntɚˈspɜrs/USA pronunciation v., -spersed, -spers•ing. - to scatter or place at intervals among other things:[~ + object]to intersperse flowers among shrubs.
- to vary with something scattered or placed at intervals:[~ + object + with + object]to intersperse a speech with anecdotes.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•sperse (in′tər spûrs′),USA pronunciation v.t., -spersed, -spers•ing. - to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things:to intersperse flowers among shrubs.
- to diversify with something placed or scattered at intervals:to intersperse a dull speech with interesting anecdotes.
- Latin interspersus (past participle of interspergere to strew here and there), equivalent. to inter- inter- + -spersus, combining form of sparsus, past participle of spargere to scatter; see disperse
- 1560–70;
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged strew, sprinkle.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: intersperse /ˌɪntəˈspɜːs/ vb (transitive)- to scatter or distribute among, between, or on
- to diversify (something) with other things scattered here and there
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin interspargere, from inter- + spargere to sprinkleinterspersedly /ˌɪntəˈspɜːsɪdlɪ/ adv interspersion /ˌɪntəˈspɜːʃən/, ˌinterˈspersal n |