English verb: distribute | |||
1. | distribute (possession) administer or bestow, as in small portions | ||
Samples | Administer critical remarks to everyone present. Dole out some money. Shell out pocket money for the children. Deal a blow to someone. The machine dispenses soft drinks. | ||
Synonyms | administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | give | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | allot, apply, assign, deal, give, portion, reallot | ||
2. | distribute (contact) distribute or disperse widely | ||
Samples | The invaders spread their language all over the country. | ||
Synonyms | spread | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | deploy, diffuse, discharge, export, fan out, generalise, generalize, metastasise, metastasize, propagate, redistribute, sprawl, spread, spread out, straggle, straw, strew | ||
Antonyms | gather, pull together, collect, garner | ||
3. | distribute (social) make available | ||
Samples | The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia. | ||
Examples | Sam and Sue distribute the movie | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | transfer | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | issue, reticulate, supply | ||
4. | distribute (possession) give to several people | ||
Samples | The teacher handed out the exams. | ||
Synonyms | give out, hand out, pass out | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gift, give, present | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | apportion, deal, divvy up, portion out, share | ||
5. | distribute (motion) cause be distributed | ||
Samples | This letter is being circulated among the faculty. | ||
Synonyms | circulate, pass around, pass on | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | scatter, send around, spread, spread out, utter | ||
6. | distribute (communication) cause to become widely known | ||
Samples | Spread information. Circulate a rumor. Broadcast the news. | ||
Synonyms | broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, pass around, propagate, spread | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | air, bare, publicise, publicize | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | carry, generalise, generalize, podcast, popularise, popularize, run, sow, vulgarise, vulgarize | ||
Cause | circulate, go around, spread | ||
Verb group | circulate, go around, spread | ||
7. | distribute (stative) spread throughout a given area | ||
Samples | The function distributes the values evenly. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | scatter, spread, spread out | ||
Verb group | distribute | ||
8. | distribute (stative) be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses | ||
Samples | Values distribute. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | be, exist | ||
Verb group | distribute | ||
9. | distribute (stative) be mathematically distributive | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
10. | distribute (contact) to arrange in a systematic order | ||
Samples | Stagger the chairs in the lecture hall. | ||
Synonyms | stagger | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arrange, set up | ||