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distribute

Syllabification: (dis·trib·ute)
Pronunciation: /disˈtribyo͞ot/

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Definition of distribute

verb

[with object]
  • 1give shares of (something); deal out:information leaflets are being distributed to hotels and guest houses
  • supply (goods) to stores and other businesses that sell to consumers:the journal is distributed worldwide
  • (be distributed) occur throughout an area:the birds are mainly distributed in marshes and river valleys
  • Printing separate (metal type that has been set up) and return the characters to their separate compartments in a type case.
  • 2 Logic use (a term) to include every individual of the class to which it refers:the middle term must be distributed, at least once, in the premises

Derivatives

distributable

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin distribut- 'divided up', from the verb distribuere, from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'assign'

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