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  • 1scatter — scat‧ter [ˈskætə ǁ ər] noun [uncountable] MARKETING used to talk about advertising that is spread over a wide range of television or radio programmes according to what is available, rather than done by selecting particular programmes to sponsor:… …

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  • 2scatter — [skat′ər] vt. [ME skateren, ult. < IE * sked , to split, disperse < base * sek , to cut > L secare] 1. a) to throw here and there or strew loosely; sprinkle b) to sprinkle over (with) something 2. to separate and drive in many… …

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  • 3Over the River and through the Woods — is a Thanksgiving song by Lydia Maria Child. Written originally as a poem, it appeared in her Flowers for Children, Volume 2, in 1844. The title of the poem is, A Boy s Thanksgiving Day . It celebrates her childhood memories of visiting her… …

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  • 4scatter communication — scatter communication, long distance communication using the troposphere or other areas of atmospheric ionization to deflect radio waves over a long distance …

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  • 5scatter — [[t]skæ̱tə(r)[/t]] scatters, scattering, scattered 1) VERB If you scatter things over an area, you throw or drop them so that they spread all over the area. [V n prep/adv] She tore the rose apart and scattered the petals over the grave... [V n… …

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  • 6scatter — scat|ter [ˈskætə US ər] v [I and T] [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from shatter] 1.) if someone scatters a lot of things, or if they scatter, they are thrown or dropped over a wide area in an irregular way scatter (sth) over/around/across etc… …

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  • 7scatter */*/ — UK [ˈskætə(r)] / US [ˈskætər] verb Word forms scatter : present tense I/you/we/they scatter he/she/it scatters present participle scattering past tense scattered past participle scattered 1) [transitive] to throw or drop things so that they… …

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  • 8scatter — scat|ter [ skætər ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to throw or drop things so that they spread over an area: I scattered some grain on the floor of the hen house. scatter something on/over/around etc.: The children had scattered toys all over the floor …

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  • 9scatter — verb 1 (T) to throw or drop a lot of things over a wide area in an irregular way: scatter sth over/on/around: Books lay scattered all over the floor. | scatter sth with sth: The sky was scattered with stars. 2 (I, T) if a group of people scatter …

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  • 10scatter — scatterable, adj. scatterer, n. scatteringly, adv. /skat euhr/, v.t. 1. to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds. 2. to separate and drive off in various directions; disperse: to scatter a crowd. 3. Physics. a.… …

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