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distribute

[dih-strib-yoot]

verb (used with object), -ut·ed, -ut·ing.

to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.

to disperse through a space or over an area; spread; scatter.

to promote, sell, and ship or deliver (an item or line of merchandise) to individual customers, especially in a specified region or area.

to pass out or deliver (mail, newspapers, etc.) to intended recipients.

to divide into distinct phases: The process was distributed into three stages.

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to divide into classes: These plants are distributed into 22 classes.

Logic. to employ (a term) in a proposition so as to refer to all individuals denoted by the term.

Physical Chemistry. to dissolve uniformly in a solvent consisting of layers of immiscible or partially miscible substances.

Printing.

to roll out (ink) on the table to attain the proper consistency.

to return (type) to the proper place after printing.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin distribūtus, past participle of distribuere to divide up. See dis-¹, tribute

Related forms

dis·trib·ut·a·ble, adjective

pre·dis·trib·ute, verb (used with object), -ut·ed, -ut·ing.

Synonyms
1. assign, mete, apportion. Distribute, dispense apply to giving out something. Distribute implies apportioned, individualized giving, especially of something that is definite or limited in amount or number: The prizes were distributed among ten winners. Dispense formerly implied indiscriminate, general, and liberal giving, especially of something that was more or less indefinite or unmeasured in amount: to dispense largess. It now applies chiefly to giving according to need or deserts, from an organized and official source: to dispense medicines and food to the victims. 6. dispose, sort, arrange, categorize.

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Example Sentences

We have no plans to further distribute this particular program.

Contrary to popular belief, companies do actually distribute profits beyond shareholders.

She is planning to distribute them free, or for a nominal licensing fee, to those who want to learn.

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We have no plans to further distribute this particular program.

Contrary to popular belief, companies do actually distribute profits beyond shareholders.

She is planning to distribute them free, or for a nominal licensing fee, to those who want to learn.

They also included solar thermal collectors that distribute the sun's heat through a radiant floor system.

New research suggests that surface-generated eddies help distribute heat, chemistry and life at deep-ocean hydrothermal vents.

Free, elegant gift cards to distribute to your recipients.

It's no cheaper per unit to distribute a million copies than a hundred.

Slowly pour stock over cubes, tossing to distribute liquid.

If you distribute a paper syllabus, remember that the pages will come apart.

With compact-disc sales plummeting, record companies are rethinking how to distribute copyright music online.

Distribute a fourth transparency sheet to each group.

Actinium's long half-life, he adds, should make it effective against large tumors and easy to distribute widely.

Spreaders make it easy to distribute fertilizer evenly over a lawn.

The number of partnerships between display manufacturers and the heavy-set companies that will distribute them keep on coming.

It is a great deed to distribute water purification packets to those in need.

Know your rights when you sign contracts with publishers or others to distribute your work.

The main policy difference between the two is over how to distribute the rewards of growth.

So indicates research on how well bees distribute pollen across different types of cropland.

However, the team does not have a licence to distribute the compounds to other laboratories.

It would fit right in in almost any backyard and the portability helps distribute the fertilizer.

With no printing, warehousing or return costs, some say e-books should be cheaper to produce and distribute than print books.

Second, if it is your week to distribute writing, then you must circulate something.

Fiscal policy can distribute resources between different generations, sometimes deliberately and often inadvertently.

Distribute the materials to students or groups and encourage them to shape their clay into mountains.

Conversely, much power is needed to distribute clean water.

Palm became the latest handset maker to launch its own marketplace to distribute mobile software from independent developers.

Companies, and the investment banks that coddle them, distribute information to favoured investors but not to the market at large.

Boilers usually use radiators to distribute the heat, while furnaces use ducts.

Maybe they can divert the gas into energy, saving the planet while they convert, store and distribute the energy.

There is nothing in the copyright law to prevent you from making your own electronic copies as long as you don't distribute them.

Distribute two different kinds of candy to each student.

As developed in my previous essays and publications, gravitation can be reduced to distribute.

In rural areas, factories use river currents to distribute runoff.

Flat-panel speakers distribute all frequencies equally, from both surfaces.

The cage is tethered to a control boat, which is to distribute food to the captive fish populations via tubes.

The oceanic currents distribute heat around the planet.

T e achers may copy this page to distribute to their students.

Monsanto has never done anything in agriculture except to distribute toxins, and render the soil useless.

However, campaigns to distribute mosquito nets to rural areas have generated some successes.

Solar cells have the feature that they can distribute the power grid.

Waist straps help distribute your load for a more comfortable ride.

Then, they were asked to divide and distribute one hundred points among each of their ten friends.

Distribute maps of a local shopping mall, if possible.

When axons burst open, they often distribute amyloid proteins through the neighboring brain tissue.

Distribute the black line master so that children can fill in the diagram with you.

There is no, and that is no, reason to use or distribute toxins in the atmosphere or the waters.

Distribute the worksheet and have students research globalization.

Produced right there in the soil it requires no fuel to transport it, process it, distribute it or apply it.

Cash donations also allow agencies to avoid the labor-intensive need to store, sort, pack and distribute donated goods.

Yagnobi community members create and distribute dictionaries and other tools.

Distribute prunes over duck, pour liquid on top, sprinkle with toasted pine nuts and torn parsley.

They then distribute exams according to student names.

He hopes to distribute it on terrestrial television soon.

Pantries, which distribute the food donated to food banks, are also acting as social service clearinghouses.

They've done so by figuring out smarter ways to distribute aid dollars and effectively market themselves to prospective students.

Rather than setting up a single large factory to make and distribute the cars around.

Flinders contrived to produce and distribute the videos to pique maximum curiosity about them.

Keep track of when they schedule the summer courses, distribute the catalog, etc and keep your name in front of them.

Historically, new ways to distribute books have often led to innovations.

Now, the company has announced that it will distribute singles to seven digital music stores for a new flat rate:.

The law would allow the central government to distribute oil revenues to the provinces based on their population.

They are the best places to distribute free papers, which can be left for commuters to pick up from bins:.

Distribute maps of your regions to groups of students.

It is intended to distribute them among the different benevolent, societies in the above cities.

There is a set number of steps that each college can distribute amongst its faculty.

Fund managers must pay banks and brokers to distribute their products, and they claim back that money from investors.

Distribute a copy of the map supplement to each student.

Jones and others were indicted for offenses including conspiracy to distribute narcotics.

He was charged with possession of and intent to distribute marijuana.

Hydrogen pipelines will be needed to distribute the hydrogen.

Just as important, show creators should be able to distribute video everywhere that people watch video.

Flinders contrived to produce and distribute the videos so as to pique maximum curiosity about them.

The firm also grooms local entrepreneurs to distribute its beer and soft drinks.

If this is indeed normal practice, it does seem to be almost perfectly designed to create and distribute troubles of all kinds.

He said he was unaware the company had the right to distribute his material online and will inquire about royalties due him.

Lynch, to release the union's mailing list so they could use it to distribute campaign literature.

In addition, since private investment wants to retain rather than distribute returns, it favors selectivity over breadth.

Firms that use cloud-based systems should be looking at ways to distribute work across multiple providers.

Distribute statistics on economic conditions in several different countries to student groups.

When the rat dies, they typically find a new host and thus distribute the disease in a rat population.

However, instead of reading through it together, distribute it to be read then book a meeting to discuss the contents of it.

The group plans to distribute leaflets calling attention to the situation.

Many officials in the audience remained nervous about how changes to the form could affect the way they distribute aid.

The powerful academies that distribute much of the research funding are prey to both political favouritism and lobbying.

Reread the poem or distribute copies to small groups.

As control elements distribute the fuel over one electrode.

Laptops largely rely on heat pipes that use liquid coolants to cool and distribute heat away from the chipset.

Goble is being charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics.

But before you distribute or deliver in person such a talk, please ask yourself why you are doing it.

CourseSmart, a company set up by textbook publishers to distribute their electronic books, also participated.

Teachers may copy this page to distribute to their students.

Sony's plan is to distribute content from an online store that will work with this tablet device as well as its.

There were all these other things that the rep wanted me to distribute to our adjuncts, but they didn't want them.

Distribute blank paper and colored markers or pencils.

Regardless of online filtering, it generally remains easier to distribute online scholarship than printed academic journals.

OU teaches students how to grow, distribute and market cannabis.

The study found that human cultures distribute themselves around the world in patterns similar to animal species.

What really needs to happen is to find new technologies that can distribute that food more efficiently.

Electrons help distribute this energy in different phases.

Ask if there might be a way for a town organization to copy and distribute the pamphlets to community residents and visitors.

Regular floods must endure long enough to distribute the fish throughout the.

Distribute three dry-erase markers to volunteers with ideas.

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World English Dictionary

distribute (dɪˈstrɪbjuːt)

—vb
1.	to give out in shares; dispense
2.	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.	maths, 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)

[C15: from Latin distribuere from dis-¹ + tribuere to give]

dis'tributable

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

distribute

mid-15c., from L. distribut-, pp. stem of distribuere (see distribution). Related: Distributed; distributing.

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