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arranged so that things happen at different times or so that things are not positioned in a regular way : staggered payments.
Staggered definition: arranged in a series of alternating or continually overlapping intervals of time. See examples of STAGGERED used in a sentence.
1. a. : to reel from side to side : totter. b. : to move on unsteadily. staggered toward the door. 2. : to waver in purpose or action : hesitate. 3. : to rock violently. the ship staggered. transitive verb. 1. : to cause to doubt or hesitate : perplex. 2. : to cause to reel or totter. 3.
to cause someone to feel shocked or surprised because of something unexpected or very unusual happening: He staggered all his colleagues by suddenly announcing that he was leaving the company at the end of the month. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. stagger verb (ARRANGE) [ T ]
Definition of staggered adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
arranged so that things happen at different times or so that things are not positioned in a regular way : staggered payments.
verb. astound or overwhelm, as with shock. “She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake” see more. verb. arrange in a systematic order. “ stagger the chairs in the lecture hall” synonyms: distribute. see more. noun. an unsteady uneven gait. synonyms: lurch, stumble. see more. Pronunciation. US.
adjective. shocked, overwhelmed, or astounded. I was simply staggered by the heat of the Argentinian high summer. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'staggered' in a sentence. staggered.
to cause to reel, totter, or become unsteady: This load would stagger an elephant. to shock; render helpless with amazement or the like; astonish: The vastness of outer space staggers the mind. Synonyms: dumbfound, confound, astound. to cause to waver or falter: The news staggered her belief in the triumph of justice.
1. verb. If you stagger, you walk very unsteadily, for example because you are ill or drunk. He lost his balance, staggered back against the rail and toppled over. [VERB adverb/preposition] He was staggering and had to lean on the bar. [VERB] Synonyms: totter, reel, sway, falter More Synonyms of stagger. 2. verb.
