No. 9,411 in French

disperser

To scatter or spread.

In a sentence

Les élèves se dispersent après la fin des cours.
The students scatter after the end of classes.
In this sentence, "dispersent" indicates the students moving apart or scattering in different directions after class ends.
Le vent peut disperser les graines loin de la plante.
The wind can disperse seeds far from the plant.
Here, "disperser" is used to describe how the wind spreads seeds away from their origin.
Le comité a décidé de ne pas disperser ses efforts sur plusieurs projets.
The committee decided not to spread its efforts across several projects.
In this case, "disperser" refers metaphorically to spreading or dividing focus across multiple tasks.

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