distribute

Definition of Distribute in English :

Verb

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

administer or bestow, as in small portions

Example Sentences:
'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'

2. distribute, spread

distribute or disperse widely

Example Sentences:
'The invaders spread their language all over the country'

spread

3. distribute

make available

Example Sentences:
'The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia'

4. distribute, give out, hand out, pass out

give to several people

Example Sentences:
'The teacher handed out the exams'

5. circulate, distribute, pass around, pass on

cause be distributed

Example Sentences:
'This letter is being circulated among the faculty'

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

cause to become widely known

Example Sentences:
'spread information'
'circulate a rumor'
'broadcast the news'

7. distribute

spread throughout a given area

Example Sentences:
'the function distributes the values evenly'

8. distribute

be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses

Example Sentences:
'Values distribute'

9. distribute

be mathematically distributive

10. distribute, stagger

to arrange in a systematic order

Example Sentences:
'stagger the chairs in the lecture hall'

stagger

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Distribute

see synonyms of distribute

verb (transitive)

to give out in shares; dispense

to hand out or deliver

to distribute handbills

3. (often passive)

to spread throughout a space or area

gulls are distributed along the west coast

4. (often passive)

to divide into classes or categories; classify

these books are distributed in four main categories

5. printing

to return (used type) to the correct positions in the type case

6. logic

to incorporate in a distributed term of a categorial proposition

7. mathematics, logic

to expand (an expression containing two operators) in such a way that the precedence of the operators is changed; for example, distributing multiplication over addition in a(b + c) yields ab + ac

8. obsolete

to dispense (justice)

Distribute

see synonyms of distribute

verb transitiveWord forms: disˈtributed or disˈtributing

to divide and give out in shares; allot

to scatter or spread out, as over a surface

to divide and arrange according to a classification; classify

to put (things) in various distinct places

5. Obsolete

to administer, as justice

6. Printing

to break up (set type) and put the letters back in the proper boxes

7. Law

to apportion (an intestate's property) to those entitled to it

8. Logic

to use (a term) in such a way as to refer to all members of its extension

Distribute

see synonyms of distribute

v. dis·trib·ut·ed, dis·trib·ut·ing, dis·trib·utes

v.tr.

1. To divide and dispense in portions.

a. To supply (goods) to retailers.

b. To deliver or pass out: distributing handbills on the street.

a. To place in separate pieces or examples over an area; scatter: distribute grass seed over the lawn.

b. To apportion so as to be evenly spread throughout a given area: 180 pounds of muscle that were well distributed over his 6-foot frame.

4. To separate into categories; classify.

5. Logic To use (a term) so as to include all individuals or entities of a given class.

v.intr.

Mathematics To be distributive. If a × (b + c) = a × b + a × c, then × distributes over +.

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