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dispersedisperse /dɪˈspɚs/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYdisperseOrigin: 1300-1400 French disperser, from Latin dispergere to scatter VERB TABLEdisperse |
Present | I, you, we, they | disperse | | he, she, it | disperses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dispersed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dispersed | | he, she, it | has dispersed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dispersed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will disperse | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dispersed |
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Present | I | am dispersing | | he, she, it | is dispersing | | you, we, they | are dispersing | Past | I, he, she, it | was dispersing | | you, we, they | were dispersing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dispersing | | he, she, it | has been dispersing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dispersing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dispersing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dispersing |
1if a group of people disperses or is dispersed, they separate and go away in different directions: The student protesters dispersed peacefully.2if something disperses or is dispersed, it spreads thinly and evenly over a wide area: The oil had been dispersed by chemicals sprayed on the water. |