- spread far apart over a wide area or over a long period of time
- a few scattered settlements
- sunshine with scattered showers
- Her family are scattered around the world.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- lie
- find something
- …
- liberally
- randomly
- thinly
- …
- about
- across
- along
- …
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