distribute
(verb)
verb
1. administer or bestow, as in small portions
Similar word(s): administer, allot, deal, dispense, lot
Definition categories: possession, give
2. distribute or disperse widely
Similar word(s): spread
Definition categories: contact
3. make available
- The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia
Definition categories: social, transfer
4. give to several people
Definition categories: possession, gift, give, present
5. cause to be distributed
Similar word(s): circulate
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
6. cause to become widely known
Similar word(s): broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, propagate, spread
Definition categories: communication, air, bare, publicise, publicize
7. spread throughout a given area
- the function distributes the values evenly
Definition categories: stative, scatter, spread
8. be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
- Values distribute
Definition categories: stative, be, exist
9. be mathematically distributive
Definition categories: stative, be
10. to arrange in a systematic order
Similar word(s): stagger
Definition categories: contact, arrange
Sentences with distribute as a verb:
- He distributed the bread amongst his followers.
- The agency distributes newspapers to local shops.
- A network of children distributes flyers to every house.
- I raked the soil then distributed grass seed.
- The robot's six legs distributed its weight over a wide area.
- The database distributed verbs into transitive and intransitive segments.