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staggered
[ stag-erd ]
adjective
- arranged in a series of alternating or continually overlapping intervals of time:
Board members serve staggered four-year terms, with new directors replacing outgoing ones each year.
- arranged so as to alternate on either side of a center:
A circular base approximately 2 meters in diameter is placed atop a couple of staggered layers of brick to allow for aeration from below.
- scheduled or ordered in gradual stages; phased:
Microsoft has confirmed that the new update will be a staggered release.
- rendered helpless with astonishment; shocked:
Shakespeare’s King Lear questions everything we know, posing to our staggered imaginations the possibility that the cosmos is immoral, even malevolent.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of stagger.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·ٲ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of staggered1
Example Sentences
He staggered Bivol in the fifth with a menacing onslaught which ended with a right to the temple.
He arrives staggered under heaps of awkward baggage.
Organisers say performances will be staggered, and shown on large screens at both arenas so there's no down time between acts.
Investigators who dealt with the case said they were staggered by their spirit and resilience.
Because most of the people affected are individual homeowners, the demand for construction may not pile up all at once, but instead be staggered over multiple months.
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