DISTRIBUTE

circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around

(verb) cause to become widely known; “spread information”; “circulate a rumor”; “broadcast the news”

spread, distribute

(verb) distribute or disperse widely; “The invaders spread their language all over the country”

stagger, distribute

(verb) to arrange in a systematic order; “stagger the chairs in the lecture hall”

circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute

(verb) cause to be distributed; “This letter is being circulated among the faculty”

distribute, give out, hand out, pass out

(verb) give to several people; “The teacher handed out the exams”

distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out

(verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions; “administer critical remarks to everyone present”; “dole out some money”; “shell out pocket money for the children”; “deal a blow to someone”; “the machine dispenses soft drinks”

distribute

(verb) make available; “The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia”

distribute

(verb) be mathematically distributive

distribute

(verb) be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses; “Values distribute”

distribute

(verb) spread throughout a given area; “the function distributes the values evenly”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

distribute (third-person singular simple present distributes, present participle distributing, simple past and past participle distributed)

(transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.

(transitive) To supply to retail outlets.

(transitive) To deliver or pass out.

(transitive) To scatter or spread.

(transitive) To apportion (more or less evenly).

(transitive) To classify or separate into categories.

(intransitive, mathematics) To be distributive.

(printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.

(printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.

(logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.

Synonyms

• (to divide into portions and dispense): allot, dispend, parcel out; see also distribute

• (to deliver or pass out): courier

• (to scatter or spread): disperse, sparble, strew; see also disperse

• (to classify or separate into categories): categorize, sort; see also classify

Anagrams

• turbidites

Source: Wiktionary

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Dis*trib"ute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Distributing.] Etym: [L. distributus, p. p. of distribuere to divide, distribute; dis- + tribuere to assign, give, allot. See Tribute.]

1. To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot. She did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred. Judith xvi. 24.

2. To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice. Shak.

3. To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.

4. (Printing) (a) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases. (b) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.

5. (Logic)

Definition: To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise. A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to. Whately.

Syn.

– To dispense; deal out; apportion; allot; share; assign; divide.

Dis*trib"ute, v. i.

Definition: To make distribution. Distributing to the necessity of saints. Rom. xii. 13.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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