disperse

US: /dɪˈspɝs/
UK: /dɪspˈɜːs/


English Vietnamese dictionary


disperse /dis'pə:s/
  • ngoại động từ
    • giải tán, phân tán
      • to disperse a crowd: giải tán đám đông
    • xua tan, làm tan tác (mây mù...)
    • rải rắc, gieo vãi
    • gieo rắc, truyền (tin đồn...)
    • (vật lý) tán sắc
    • (hoá học) phân tán
    • nội động từ
      • rải rắc, giải tán, tan tác

    Advanced English dictionary


    + verb
    1 to move apart and go away in different directions; to make sb/sth do this: [V] The fog began to disperse. + The crowd dispersed quickly. + [VN] Police dispersed the protesters with tear gas.
    2 to spread or to make sth spread over a wide area: [VN] The seeds are dispersed by the wind. [also V]

    Thesaurus dictionary


    v.
    1 spread (out), scatter, broadcast, distribute, circulate, diffuse, disseminate:
    The practice is now widely dispersed throughout Asia.
    2 disband, spread out, scatter, dissipate, break up; disappear, vanish; dispel, dismiss, rout, send off or away:
    The crowd dispersed quietly.

    Collocation dictionary


    ADV.

    quickly, rapidly | quietly | widely
    The population in this area is quite widely dispersed.
    | geographically
    to decentralize and geographically disperse political and economic power

    VERB + DISPERSE

    begin to
    The crowd slowly began to disperse.


    Concise English dictionary


    disperses|dispersed|dispersingdɪ'spɜːs
    verb
    +distribute loosely
    +to cause to separate and go in different directions
    +move away from each other
    +cause to separate
    +cause to become widely known