distribute

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 4.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To divide into portions and dispense.

   He distributed the bread amongst his followers.

2. verb To supply to retail outlets.

   The agency distributes newspapers to local shops.

3. verb To deliver or pass out.

   A network of children distributes flyers to every house.

4. verb To scatter or spread.

   I raked the soil then distributed grass seed.

5. verb To apportion (more or less evenly).

   The robot's six legs distributed its weight over a wide area.

6. verb To classify or separate into categories.

   The database distributed verbs into transitive and intransitive segments.

7. verb To be distributive.

   Multiplication distributes over addition.

8. verb To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.

Similar words

mete out dole out allot deal parcel out dispense hand out give away shell out give out

Often followed by

the them it to a their and its copies

Word family

disestablish disestablished disestablishes disestablishing disestablishment dissimilar distributed distributee distributees distributes