Distribute meaning

What does “distribute” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“distribute” is a verb with 10 meanings. Its most common meaning is: administer or bestow, as in small portions.

distribute

administer or bestow, as in small portions
“administer critical remarks to everyone present”
“dole out some money”
Synonymsadminister mete out deal parcel out lot dispense shell out deal out
distribute or disperse widely
“The invaders spread their language all over the country”
Synonymsspread
make available
“The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia”
give to several people
“The teacher handed out the exams”
Synonymsgive out hand out pass out
cause to be distributed
“This letter is being circulated among the faculty”
Synonymscirculate pass around pass on
cause to become widely known
“spread information”
“circulate a rumor”
Synonymscirculate circularize circularise disseminate propagate broadcast spread diffuse
spread throughout a given area
“the function distributes the values evenly”
be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
“Values distribute”
be mathematically distributive
to arrange in a systematic order
“stagger the chairs in the lecture hall”
Synonymsstagger

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University