Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to intersperse
Participle: interspersed
Gerund: interspersing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | intersperse |
| you | intersperse |
| he;she;it | intersperses |
| we | intersperse |
| you | intersperse |
| they | intersperse |
Perfect
| I | have interspersed |
| you | have interspersed |
| he;she;it | has interspersed |
| we | have interspersed |
| you | have interspersed |
| they | have interspersed |
Past
| I | interspersed |
| you | interspersed |
| he;she;it | interspersed |
| we | interspersed |
| you | interspersed |
| they | interspersed |
Pluperfect
| I | had interspersed |
| you | had interspersed |
| he;she;it | had interspersed |
| we | had interspersed |
| you | had interspersed |
| they | had interspersed |
Future
| I | will intersperse |
| you | will intersperse |
| he;she;it | will intersperse |
| we | will intersperse |
| you | will intersperse |
| they | will intersperse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have interspersed |
| you | will have interspersed |
| he;she;it | will have interspersed |
| we | will have interspersed |
| you | will have interspersed |
| they | will have interspersed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | intersperse |
| you | intersperse |
| he;she;it | intersperse |
| we | intersperse |
| you | intersperse |
| they | intersperse |
Perfect
| I | have interspersed |
| you | have interspersed |
| he;she;it | have interspersed |
| we | have interspersed |
| you | have interspersed |
| they | have interspersed |
Imperfect
| I | interspersed |
| you | interspersed |
| he;she;it | interspersed |
| we | interspersed |
| you | interspersed |
| they | interspersed |
Pluperfect
| I | had interspersed |
| you | had interspersed |
| he;she;it | had interspersed |
| we | had interspersed |
| you | had interspersed |
| they | had interspersed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would intersperse |
| you | would intersperse |
| he;she;it | would intersperse |
| we | would intersperse |
| you | would intersperse |
| they | would intersperse |
Perfect
| I | would have interspersed |
| you | would have interspersed |
| he;she;it | would have interspersed |
| we | would have interspersed |
| you | would have interspersed |
| they | would have interspersed |
Imperative
| you | intersperse |
| we | Let's intersperse |
| you | intersperse |
Verbs conjugated like 'intersperse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'intersperse'
insperse,
intercourse,
interfere,
interoperate,
interpose,
intersert,
interspace,
interspect,
intersplice,
enterfere,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1566, from L.
interspersus "scattered," pp. of
*interspergere, from
inter- "between" +
spargere "to scatter" (see sparse).
2. From Latin interspergō, interspersus. See: Latin '
interspergō'.
Sample Sentences
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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:]
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When writing, I intersperse details.
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Kjelsås (six miles) marks the end of the suburbs, and the line immediately plunges into Nordmarka. This vast untamed area of forest and mountain (much of it over 2,000 ft. above sea level), interspersed with innumerable lakes, large and small, is known as Oslo's playground. [1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, pages 457-458:]
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Review tasks are particularly useful to intersperse when students are experiencing considerable failure. [1985, Jane Y. Murdock, Barbara V. Hartmann, Communication and language intervention program (CLIP) for individuals with moderate to severe handicaps, page 46:]
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Goffin is a prose text interspersed with short lists of typical terms exemplifying certain sub-classes of Indian English lexis. [2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 116:]
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Mother Nature interspersed the petunias with a few dandelions, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.