intersperse
UK/ˌɪntəˈspɜːs//ˌɪntɚˈspɝs/
intersperse verb: to mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other.
Verb
intersperse (third-person singular simple present intersperses, present participle interspersing, simple past and past participle interspersed)
- 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.1991, Frank Biocca, Television and Political Advertising: Signs, codes, and images, page 76
- 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.1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, pages 457-458
- Synonyms:
- thread
- 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.
intersperse meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
intersperse in Urdu
- intersperse
- ادھر ادھر کرنا idhar udhar karnā
intersperse in Malayalam
- disperse, scatter, spread
- ഇടയ്ക്കിടെ ചിതറുക, ഇടകലർത്തി വിതറുക, വിതറുക, ചിതറുക, നാനാ വഴിക്കും വിതറുക, പ്രസരിപ്പിക്കുക
- mix, intermix, mingle
- വെെവിദ്ധ്യം വരുത്തുക, കൂട്ടിക്കലർത്തുക, സമ്മിശ്രമാക്കുക, ഇടകലർത്തുക, വിളാവുക, കലർത്തുക
intersperse in Kannada
- ಅಲ್ಲಲ್ಲಿ ಚೆಲ್ಲು
Examples of intersperse in a sentence
- Review tasks are particularly useful to intersperse when students are experiencing considerable failure.1985, Jane Y. Murdock, Barbara V. Hartmann, Communication and language intervention program (CLIP) for individuals with moderate to severe...
- Goffin is a prose text interspersed with short lists of typical terms exemplifying certain sub-classes of Indian English lexis.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 116:
Synonyms of intersperse
Forms of intersperse
| third-person singular present | intersperses |
|---|---|
| present participle | interspersing |
| past participle | interspersed |
| past | interspersed |
Origin of intersperse
From Latin interspergō, interspersus.
Words formed from intersperse
Questions about intersperse
- What does intersperse mean?
- Intersperse means to mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other.
- What is intersperse in Urdu?
- Intersperse in Urdu is ادھر ادھر کرنا (idhar udhar karnā). See Intersperse meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use intersperse in a sentence?
- Review tasks are particularly useful to intersperse when students are experiencing considerable failure.
- What part of speech is intersperse?
- Intersperse is a verb.
- How do you pronounce intersperse?
- Intersperse is pronounced /ˌɪntəˈspɜːs/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of intersperse?
- The past tense of intersperse is interspersed.
Words near intersperse in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intersperse (page history and authors); ادھر ادھر کرنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); intersperse (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); intersperse (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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