distribute

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English

Etymology

From Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere (“to divide, distribute”), from dis- (“apart”) + tribuere (“to give, impart”); see tribute.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈstɹɪbjuːt/, /ˈdɪstɹɪbjuːt/
• (General American) enPR: dĭ-strĭbʹyo͞ot, IPA^(key): /dɪˈstɹɪbjut/
• Rhymes: -ɪbjuːt, -ɪstɹɪbjuːt
• Hyphenation: dis‧trib‧ute

Verb

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

2. (transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.

4. (transitive) To supply to retail outlets.

6. (transitive) To deliver or pass out.
8. (transitive) To scatter or spread.

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

12. (transitive) To classify or separate into categories.

14. (intransitive, mathematics) To be distributive.
15. (printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
16. (printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
17. (logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
18. (business) To have employees working remotely from multiple locations.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to divide into portions and dispense): allot, dispend, parcel out; see also Thesaurus:distribute
• (to deliver or pass out): courier
• (to scatter or spread): disperse, sparble, strew; see also Thesaurus:disperse
• (to classify or separate into categories): categorize, sort; see also Thesaurus:classify

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• “distribute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “distribute”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• turbidites

Latin

Etymology

From distribūtus, participle of distribuō (“distribute, apportion”).

Adverb

distribūtē (comparative distribūtius, superlative distribūtissimē)

1. orderly, methodically

Related terms

• distribuō
• distribūtiō
• distribūtus

References

• “distribute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)