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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb distribute has 10 senses

• distribute(v = verb.possession) administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out - 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"
is one way to give
Derived forms noun distributer₂, noun distribution₃, noun distributor₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

• distribute(v = verb.contact) spread - distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"
Derived form noun distribution₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

• distribute(v = verb.social) Array - make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia"
is one way to transfer
Derived forms noun distributer₁, noun distribution₄, noun distributor₁
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue distribute the movie

• distribute(v = verb.possession) give out, hand out, pass out - give to several people; "The teacher handed out the exams"
is one way to gift, give, present
Derived form adjective distributive₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

• distribute(v = verb.motion) circulate, pass around, pass on - cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
is one way to displace, move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

• distribute(v = verb.communication) broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, pass around, propagate, spread - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
is one way to air, bare, publicise, publicize
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• distribute(v = verb.stative) Array - spread throughout a given area; "the function distributes the values evenly"
is one way to scatter, spread, spread out
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

• distribute(v = verb.stative) Array - be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses; "Values distribute"
is one way to be, exist
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• distribute(v = verb.stative) Array - be mathematically distributive; Array
is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• distribute(v = verb.contact) stagger - to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
is one way to arrange, set up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

distribute

administer, align, allocate, allot, apportion, arrange, array, assign, assort, bestow, bestrew, broadcast, categorize, circulate, circumfuse, class, classify, collocate, come across with, compose, convey, deal, deal out, deliver, deliver over, diffract, diffuse, disburse, dish out, dispense, disperse, dispose, dispread, disseminate, diverge, divide, divide up, dole, dole out, donate, dribble, fan out, file, fix, fork over, forward, give, give in, give out, give over, group, hand, hand in, hand out, hand over, issue, line, line up, marshal, measure out, mete, mete out, order, overscatter, oversow, overspread, parcel, parcel out, partition, pass, pass around, pass out, pass over, pay out, place, portion, portion out, present, propagate, prorate, publish, radiate, rally, range, ration, reach, regiment, render, resign, retail, scatter, set out, share out, sort, sow, sow broadcast, space, splay, spoon out, spread, spread out, strew, surrender, transfer, turn over, utter

ROGET THESAURUS

distribute

Printing

VB print, compose, put to press, go to press, pass through the press, see through the press, publish, bring out, appear in print, rush into print, distribute, makeup, mortise, offset, overrun, rout.

Arrangement

VB reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze.

Dispersion

VB disperse, scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, bestrew, overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, dismember, distribute, apportion, blow off, let out, dispel, cast forth, draught off, strew, straw, strow, ted, spirtle, cast, sprinkle, issue, deal out, retail, utter, resperse, intersperse, set abroach, circumfuse, turn adrift, cast adrift, scatter to the winds, spread like wildfire, disperse themselves.

Apportionment

VB apportion, divide, distribute, administer, dispense, billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete, portion out, parcel out, dole out, deal, carve, allocate, ration, ration out, assign, separate, partition, assign, appropriate, appoint, come in for one's share.

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