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distribute         
[d?'str?bju:t, 'd?str?bju:t]
¦ verb
1. hand or share out to a number of recipients.
supply (goods) to retailers.
2. (be distributed) be spread over or throughout an area.
3. Logic use (a term) to include every individual of the class to which it refers.
Derivatives
distributable adjective
Origin
ME: from L. distribut-, distribuere 'divide up'.
distribute         
(distributes, distributing, distributed)
1.
If you distribute things, you hand them or deliver them to a number of people.
Students shouted slogans and distributed leaflets...
In the move most of the furniture was left to the neighbours or distributed among friends.
VERB: V n, be V-ed among n
2.
When a company distributes goods, it supplies them to the shops or businesses that sell them. (BUSINESS)
We didn't understand how difficult it was to distribute a national paper.
VERB: V n
3.
If you distribute things among the members of a group, you share them among those members.
Immediately after his election he began to distribute major offices among his friends and supporters.
= share out
VERB: V n among n, also V n
4.
To distribute a substance over something means to scatter it over it. (FORMAL)
Distribute the topping evenly over the fruit.
= scatter
VERB: V n over n
5.
see also distributed
distribute         
v.
1) to distribute fairly; unfairly; widely
2) (B) the instructor distributed the test papers to the students
3) (D; tr.) to distribute among (to distribute food among the poor)

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Distribution

Distribution may refer to:

Pronunciation examples for distribute
1. distribute.
Fair Food _ Oren Hesterman _ Talks at Google
2. that would distribute widely and distribute cheaply.
Legacy in the Making _ Mark Miller & Lucas Conley _ Talks at Google
3. distribute it.
D-Rev's ReMotion Knee _ Krista Donaldson _ Talks at Google
4. distributes itself.
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5. couldn't distribute.
The New Industrial Revolution _ Chris Anderson _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of distribute
1. He pleaded guilty in 2003 to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute marijuana.
2. Excerpts must be selected to distribute beforehand.
3. Fifteen different organisations distribute the cash.
4. Here newspapers distribute the ads and brochures.
5. Russia has little government largesse to distribute.