intersperse

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   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.
2. 2

   To scatter or insert something into or among other things.

   • When writing, I intersperse details.
   • Review tasks are particularly useful to intersperse when students are experiencing considerable failure.
3. 3

   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.

The neighborhood

• neighborinterspersed
• neighborinterspersion