distribute

CEFRB1

/dɪˈstɹɪbjuːt/

verb

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In plain English

01
verb
To give or deliver things among several people or places.
02
verb
Extra detail
To deliver or pass out.

Examples

We would like to distribute your product in Japan.
Newspapers distribute information to the public.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

/dɪˈstɹɪbjut/

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verb

Extra meanings

To supply to retail outlets.
To divide into portions and dispense.
To scatter or spread.

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In context

A network of children distributes flyers to every house.
He distributed the bread amongst his followers.
The agency distributes newspapers to local shops.

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Citations

The word in print, with each source given in full.

Datacasting bypasses the wired, terrestrial Internet and is a cheaper way to distribute software than pressing and mailing CDs.
2000, George Abe, Residential Broadband, Cisco Systems, →ISBN
A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to.
1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic
Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
1960 December 26, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714
The air-handling equipment humidifies, dehumidifies, and distributes the correct amount of fresh air into every zone and eliminates all smoke, dust, and odors, with electric precipitrons.
1949, Proceedings of the ... Consolidated Convention of the International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders, and Helpers of America, page 159
With an election not much more than a year away, distributing HS2's money into roads is pork barrel politics. Or at least it would be if the money existed.
2023 November 29, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Can we save HS2 to Crewe?”, in RAIL, number 997, page 3

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Origin

verb

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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Volunteers will blank— food packages to families displaced by the flood.

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verb

Volunteers will blank food packages to families displaced by the flood.