"distribute" | Definition and Related Words

distribute

Verb

Administer or bestow, as in small portions (synset 202299397)
"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"

is a type of: give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
subtypes:
- allot, assign, portion - give out
- reallot - allot again
- deal - distribute cards to the players in a game
- apply, give - give or convey physically
same as: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out
Distribute or disperse widely (synset 201381221)
"The invaders spread their language all over the country"
subtypes:
- generalise, generalize - become systemic and spread throughout the body
- metastasise, metastasize - spread throughout the body
- discharge - pour forth or release
- straw, strew - spread by scattering (
- export - cause to spread in another part of the world
- propagate - transmit or cause to broaden or spread
- deploy - to distribute systematically or strategically
- redistribute - distribute anew
- sprawl, straggle - go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
- diffuse, fan out, spread, spread out - move outward
same as: spread
Make available (synset 202485579)
"The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia"

is a type of: transfer - cause to change ownership
subtypes:
- issue, supply - circulate or distribute or equip with
- reticulate - distribute by a network, as of water or electricity
Give to several people (synset 202206426)
"The teacher handed out the exams"

is a type of: gift, give, present - give as a present; make a gift of

subtypes: apportion, deal, divvy up, portion out, share - give out as one's portion or share

same as: give out, hand out, pass out
Cause to be distributed (synset 202047080)
"This letter is being circulated among the faculty"

is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
subtypes:
- send around - forward to others
- utter - put into circulation
- scatter, spread, spread out - strew or distribute over an area
same as: circulate, pass around, pass on
Cause to become widely known (synset 200970243)
"spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

causes: circulate, go around, spread - become widely known and passed on

is a type of: air, bare, publicise, publicize - make public
subtypes:
- podcast - distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
- sow - introduce into an environment
- generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize - cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
- carry, run - include as the content; broadcast or publicize
same as: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, pass around, propagate, spread

verb group: circulate, go around, spread - become widely known and passed on
Spread throughout a given area (synset 202760730)
"the function distributes the values evenly"

is a type of: scatter, spread, spread out - strew or distribute over an area

verb group: distribute - be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
Be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses (synset 202760571)
"Values distribute"

is a type of: be, exist - have an existence, be extant

verb group: distribute - spread throughout a given area
Be mathematically distributive (synset 202760473)
is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
To arrange in a systematic order (synset 201506762)
"stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"

is a type of: arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order

same as: stagger

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