dispersal C2 Topic:People & Society US /dɪˈspɝːsəl/ See IPA manual Freq #36320 Meanings 1 noun The act of spreading or scattering things or people over a wide area. The dispersal of the crowd took several hours after the match. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the act of spreading or... diffusiondispersiondissemination Word family Forms dispersals Derived forms codispersaldispersalismdispersalistgeodispersalnondispersaloverdispersalpostdispersalpredispersalredispersal Etymology AI details From disperse + -al. Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dispersal **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪˈspɝːsəl/ **Frequency rank:** 36320 ## Meanings 1. The act of spreading or scattering things or people over a wide area. ## Examples - The dispersal of the crowd took several hours after the match. ## Derived Forms - codispersal - dispersalism - dispersalist - geodispersal - nondispersal - overdispersal - postdispersal - predispersal - redispersal ## Etymology From disperse + -al. ## AI Etymology Dispersal is formed from disperse + -al. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include the act of spreading or scattering things or people over a wide area. The wider family includes derived forms such as codispersal, dispersalism, dispersalist, geodispersal, and nondispersal. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown