"staggered" meaning in All languages combined

See staggered on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: en-us-staggered.ogg [US] Forms: more staggered [comparative], most staggered [superlative]
Rhymes: -æɡə(ɹ)d Head templates: {{en-adj}} staggered (comparative more staggered, superlative most staggered)
  1. Astonished; taken aback.
    Sense id: en-staggered-en-adj-AxfBCApB Categories (other): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 43 7 36 13
  2. Arranged in a way that is not uniform.
    Sense id: en-staggered-en-adj-Px-mTXTi
  3. (rail transport, of platforms at a station) Not directly opposite each other. Translations (not directly opposite each other): échelonné (French), a tresbolillo (Spanish), al tresbolillo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-staggered-en-adj-qZ93svA9 Categories (other): Rail transportation, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 5 50 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 7 49 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 6 56 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 4 69 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 43 7 36 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 6 52 8 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport Disambiguation of 'not directly opposite each other': 1 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: staggeredly, staggered shelves, unstaggered

Verb [English]

Audio: en-us-staggered.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -æɡə(ɹ)d Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} staggered
  1. simple past and past participle of stagger Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: stagger
    Sense id: en-staggered-en-verb-ZUf3BkpG Categories (other): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 43 7 36 13
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