Overview of verb distribute

The verb distribute has 10 senses

• distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole 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")


• spread, distribute -- (distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country")


• distribute -- (make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia")


• distribute, give out, hand out, pass out -- (give to several people; "The teacher handed out the exams")


• circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute -- (cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty")


• circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around -- (cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news")


• distribute -- (spread throughout a given area; "the function distributes the values evenly")


• distribute -- (be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses; "Values distribute")


• distribute -- (be mathematically distributive)


• stagger, distribute -- (to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall")

Overview of adj distributed

The adj distributed has 1 sense

• distributed -- (spread out or scattered about or divided up)