distribute
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
media
philosophy
printing
publishing
sciences
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere (“to divide, distribute”), from dis- (“apart”) + tribuere (“to give, impart”); see tribute.
Inflected forms:
form: distributes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: distributing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: distributed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: distributed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: distribute
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: distribute
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: distributed
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: distribute
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: distributest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: distributed
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: distributedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: distributes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: distributeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: distributed
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: distribute
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: distributed
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: distribute
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: distributed
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: distribute
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: distributing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: distributed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To divide into portions and dispense.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He distributed the bread amongst his followers.
gloss: To supply to retail outlets.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The agency distributes newspapers to local shops.
gloss: To deliver or pass out.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A network of children distributes flyers to every house.
Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
Datacasting bypasses the wired, terrestrial Internet and is a cheaper way to distribute software than pressing and mailing CDs.
gloss: To scatter or spread.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I raked the soil then distributed grass seed.
The air-handling equipment humidifies, dehumidifies, and distributes the correct amount of fresh air into every zone and eliminates all smoke, dust, and odors, with electric precipitrons.
gloss: To apportion (more or less evenly).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The robot's six legs distributed its weight over a wide area.
With an election not much more than a year away, distributing HS2's money into roads is pork barrel politics. Or at least it would be if the money existed.
gloss: To classify or separate into categories.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The database distributed verbs into transitive and intransitive segments.
gloss: To be distributive.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Multiplication distributes over addition.
gloss: To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
pos: verb
gloss: To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
pos: verb
gloss: To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
pos: verb
examples: 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.
gloss: To have employees working remotely from multiple locations.
pos: verb
examples: distributed business; distributed employee
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
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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