interspersing
interspersing is the present participle and gerund of intersperse.
Meaning of intersperse
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.
- 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.
Questions about interspersing
- What is interspersing the present participle and gerund of?
- Interspersing is the present participle and gerund of intersperse.
Words near interspersing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: interspersing (page history and authors); intersperse (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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