English Explanatory Dictionary

distribute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To divide into portions and dispense.
To supply to retail outlets.
To deliver or pass out.
To scatter or spread.
To apportion (more or less evenly).
To classify or separate into categories.
To be distributive.
To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
To have employees working remotely from multiple locations.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈstɹɪbjuːt/ /ˈdɪstɹɪbjuːt/ dĭ-strĭbʹyo͞ot /dɪˈstɹɪbjut/ en-us-distribute.ogg /ˈɖɪsʈrɪbjuʈ/

Word forms

distribute distributes distributing distributed no-table-tags glossary distributest distributedst distributeth

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere (“to divide, distribute”), from dis- (“apart”) + tribuere (“to give, impart”); see tribute.

Synonyms

dispend parcel out sparble strew sort administer allocate apportion deal deal out dispart dispense distribute divide dole out issue give out mete out piecemeal portion out share share out sunder out allot courier disperse categorize

Antonyms

amass concentrate consolidate gather reassemble

Derived words

codistribute distributable distributary distributee distributer distribution distributionism distributism distributivism distributivity distributor equidistribute interdistribute misdistribute overdistribute redistribute self-distribute underdistribute

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