"sporadic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /spəˈɹæd.ɪk/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-sporadic.ogg Forms: more sporadic [comparative], most sporadic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ædɪk Etymology: From Medieval Latin sporadicus (whence also French sporadique, Italian sporadico, Spanish esporádico), from Ancient Greek σποραδικός (sporadikós), from σποράς (sporás, “scattered, dispersed”), from σπορά (sporá), σπόρος (spóros, “a sowing [of seed]”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|sporadicus}} Medieval Latin sporadicus, {{cog|fr|sporadique}} French sporadique, {{cog|it|sporadico}} Italian sporadico, {{cog|es|esporádico}} Spanish esporádico, {{der|en|grc|σποραδικός}} Ancient Greek σποραδικός (sporadikós) Head templates: {{en-adj}} sporadic (comparative more sporadic, superlative most sporadic)
  1. (archaic) (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-sporadic-en-adj-VzxDReBE
  2. Rare and scattered in occurrence. Translations (rare and scattered in occurrence): esporádicu (Asturian), спарады́чны (sparadýčny) (Belarusian), বিক্ষিপ্ত (bikkhipto) (Bengali), единичен (ediničen) (Bulgarian), случаен (slučaen) (Bulgarian), esporàdic (Catalan), 零星 (língxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 哩哩啦啦 (līlīlālā) (Chinese Mandarin), 偶爾發生的 (Chinese Mandarin), 偶尔发生的 (ǒu'ěr fāshēng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 無常 (Chinese Mandarin), 无常 (wúcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), 散亂 (Chinese Mandarin), 散乱 (sànluàn) (Chinese Mandarin), ojedinělý (Czech), sporadický (Czech), sporadisk (Danish), sporadisch (Dutch), harvinainen (Finnish), satunnainen (Finnish), sporadinen (Finnish), sporadique (French), esporádico (Galician), sporadisch (German), sporadis (Indonesian), sporadico (Italian), 散発的な (sanpatsuteki na) (alt: さんぱつてきな) (Japanese), sporadisk (Norwegian Bokmål), sporadyczny (Polish), esporádico (Portuguese), pontual (Portuguese), споради́ческий (sporadíčeskij) (Russian), едини́чный (jediníčnyj) (Russian), случа́йный (slučájnyj) (Russian), спорадичан (Serbo-Croatian), sporadičan (Serbo-Croatian), esporádico (Spanish), sporadisk (Swedish), manaka-naka (Tagalog), ara sıra (Turkish), tek tük (Turkish), споради́чний (sporadýčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sporadic-en-adj-rGEeOTqq Disambiguation of 'rare and scattered in occurrence': 5 93 2
  3. Exhibiting random behavior; patternless. Translations (exhibiting random behaviour): спорадичен (sporadičen) (Bulgarian), esporàdic (Catalan), satunnainen (Finnish), hajanainen (Finnish), sporadinen (Finnish), esporádico (Spanish), guadianesco [Spain] (Spanish), споради́чний (sporadýčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sporadic-en-adj-ErlOz-iF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 17 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 16 21 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 16 21 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 15 20 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 20 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 20 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 20 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 13 23 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 20 64 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 27 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 16 20 64 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 19 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 16 20 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 14 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 12 14 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 23 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 17 22 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 22 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 20 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 14 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 16 20 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 13 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 20 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 16 21 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 16 20 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 16 20 64 Disambiguation of 'exhibiting random behaviour': 5 5 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sporadic E layer, sporadic group Related terms: sporadical, sporadically, sporadicalness

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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
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        "(of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic."
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        "(archaic) (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic."
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "esporádicu"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "sparadýčny",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "спарады́чны"
    },
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bikkhipto",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "বিক্ষিপ্ত"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ediničen",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "единичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slučaen",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "случаен"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "esporàdic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "língxīng",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "零星"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "līlīlālā",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "哩哩啦啦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "偶爾發生的"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ǒu'ěr fāshēng de",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "偶尔发生的"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "無常"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúcháng",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "无常"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "散亂"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sànluàn",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "散乱"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "ojedinělý"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadický"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadisk"
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadisch"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "harvinainen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "satunnainen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "esporádico"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadisch"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadico"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さんぱつてきな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sanpatsuteki na",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "散発的な"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "esporádico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "pontual"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sporadíčeskij",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "споради́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jediníčnyj",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "едини́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slučájnyj",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "случа́йный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "спорадичан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadičan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "esporádico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "manaka-naka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "ara sıra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "tek tük"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sporadýčnyj",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "споради́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sporadičen",
      "sense": "exhibiting random behaviour",
      "word": "спорадичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "exhibiting random behaviour",
      "word": "esporàdic"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exhibiting random behaviour",
      "word": "satunnainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exhibiting random behaviour",
      "word": "hajanainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exhibiting random behaviour",
      "word": "sporadinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exhibiting random behaviour",
      "word": "esporádico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exhibiting random behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "guadianesco"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sporadýčnyj",
      "sense": "exhibiting random behaviour",
      "word": "споради́чний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sporadic"
}

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