distribution

CEFRB1

/ˌdɪstɹəˈbjuːʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of giving or delivering things among people or places.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An apportionment by law (of funds, property).

Examples

  • There is little, if any, of such distribution of control.

  • They studied the geographical distribution of the disease.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.

  2. An act of distributing or state of being distributed.

  3. Anything distributed; portion; share.

More examples

In context

  • We must draw attention to the distribution of this form in those dialects.

  • The distribution of my little rock magazine is about 3,000.

  • The wealth distribution became extremely skewed in the kleptocracy.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Old French, from Latin distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itself from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to' (from tribus). By surface analysis, distribute + -ion.