Definition of distribute

verb (v)

• administer or bestow, as in small portions (verb.possession)

  Synonym: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out
  

  source: wordnet30
• distribute or disperse widely (verb.contact)

  Synonym: spread
  Antonym: collect, garner, gather, pull together
  

  source: wordnet30
• make available (verb.social)

  Synonym: open, open up
  

  Example:
  The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia.
  

  source: wordnet30
• give to several people (verb.possession)

  Synonym: give out, hand out, pass out
  

  source: wordnet30
• cause be distributed (verb.motion)

  Synonym: circulate, pass around, pass on
  

  source: wordnet30
• cause to become widely known (verb.communication)

  Synonym: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, pass around, propagate, spread
  

  source: wordnet30
• spread throughout a given area (verb.stative)

  Example:
  The function distributes the values evenly.
  

  source: wordnet30
• be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses (verb.stative)

  Example:
  Values distribute.
  

  source: wordnet30
• be mathematically distributive (verb.stative)

  source: wordnet30
• to arrange in a systematic order (verb.contact)

  Synonym: stagger
  

  source: wordnet30
• To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To make distribution. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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