distribute

/dɪstɹˈɪbjut/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. administer or bestow, as in small portions
   “administer critical remarks to everyone present”
2. distribute or disperse widely
   “The invaders spread their language all over the country”
3. make available
   “The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia”
4. give to several people
   “The teacher handed out the exams”
5. cause to be distributed
   “This letter is being circulated among the faculty”
6. cause to become widely known
   “spread information”
7. spread throughout a given area
   “the function distributes the values evenly”
8. be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
   “Values distribute”
9. be mathematically distributive
10. to arrange in a systematic order
    “stagger the chairs in the lecture hall”

Synonyms for distribute

• administer
• mete out
• deal
• parcel out
• lot
• dispense
• shell out
• deal out
• dish out
• allot
• dole out
• spread
• give out
• hand out
• pass out
• circulate
• pass around
• pass on
• circularize
• circularise
• disseminate
• propagate
• broadcast
• diffuse
• disperse
• stagger

Words that rhyme with distribute

• contribute
• tribute
• redistribute