distribute

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /dɪˈstɹɪbjut/ UK /dɪˈstɹɪbjuːt/ See IPA manual

Freq #10988

Meanings

1

verb
To give things out to a number of people.

Volunteers distributed food and blankets to the flood victims.
2

verb
To supply goods to shops and customers, especially across a wide area.

The company distributes its books to stores all over Asia.
3

verb
To spread something evenly over an area or among a group.

Make sure you distribute your weight evenly across both feet.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to give things out to a... allot share

2 verb · to supply goods to shops... offer

3 verb · to spread something evenly... disperse spread

More administer allocate apportion classify deal dispart dispend dispense divide issue piecemeal

Opposites

amass concentrate consolidate gather reassemble

Word family

Forms distributeddistributesdistributing

Derived forms codistributedistributabledistributarydistributee distributer distributiondistributionismdistributismdistributivismdistributivitydistributorequidistribute

Etymology

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

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# distribute

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈstɹɪbjut/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈstɹɪbjuːt/
**Frequency rank:** 10988

## Meanings
1. To give things out to a number of people.
2. To supply goods to shops and customers, especially across a wide area.
3. To spread something evenly over an area or among a group.

## Examples
- Volunteers distributed food and blankets to the flood victims.
- The company distributes its books to stores all over Asia.
- Make sure you distribute your weight evenly across both feet.

## Synonyms
- administer
- allocate
- apportion
- classify
- deal
- dispart
- dispend
- dispense
- disperse
- divide
- issue
- piecemeal

## Antonyms
- amass
- concentrate
- consolidate
- gather
- reassemble

## Derived Forms
- codistribute
- distributable
- distributary
- distributee
- distributer
- distribution
- distributionism
- distributism
- distributivism
- distributivity
- distributor
- equidistribute

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

## AI Etymology
Distribute comes from Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere (“to divide, distribute”), from dis- (“apart”) + tribuere (“to give, impart”); see tribute. In current use, the main senses are “To give things out to a number of people” and “To supply goods to shops and customers, especially across a wide area”.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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