MEANING
1. To hesitate or act indecisively instead of settling on a course.
2. To add controlled variation, noise, or mixed patterning in processing signals or images to reduce unwanted artifacts.
3. A state of agitated confusion or indecision.
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Words that belong together
- dither over a choice
- stop dithering
On the page
She dithered over the route.
He stopped dithering and opened the door.
The committee dithered for another week.
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Word forms
- Base
- dither
- Past tense
- dithered
- Past participle
- dithered
- Present participle
- dithering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- dither
- Present continuous
- am/is/are dithering
- Present perfect
- have/has dithered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been dithering
- Past
- dithered
- Past continuous
- was/were dithering
- Past perfect
- had dithered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been dithering
- Future
- will dither
- Future continuous
- will be dithering
- Future perfect
- will have dithered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been dithering
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Usage notes
Primary category: fear. Forms: dither; dithers; dithered; dithered; dithering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: dithers.
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