to distribute
- verb
- /dɪˈstrɪbjuːt/
- The volunteers will distribute food and blankets to the families affected by the storm.
- widely distributed
- distribute information
- distribute materials
Maybe it starts getting distributed by middle of next year.
- Maybe it starts getting distributed by middle of next year.
- They can essentially nearly distribute their music on their own.
- Look for other places to publish or distribute your creativity.
- And some people are claiming that it would be illegal to distribute those numbers.
- What if we were creating, distributing knowledge to customers or to everyone?
- I mean, the, the money that people are, are making, you know, distributing fentanyl is unbelievable.
- So I was a Co publisher of that, but that was being distributed by the mob.
- If that does not happen, Plan B is to self distribute online.
- And that was through distribution or with Bang Bang, I self distributed.
- Call me Boom boom boom, boom boom, boom, clip clip clip, distribute, distribute every day.
Examples
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The journal was printed in English and Japanese and distributed domestically and overseas.
Academic text (2013) -
Finally, the video activist group is not just producing and distributing activist videos.
Academic text (2017) -
I have a manufacturer that can distribute as well for me.
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Two to four teaching opportunities for Task Sets 1 and 2 were distributed across each session.
Academic text (2015) -
Look for other places to publish or distribute your creativity.
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And we all believed that the UJA would distribute the money to those most in need.
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And that's where we distribute our articles for free.
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Blocked roads made it difficult to distribute supplies; food and water were scarce.
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Brochures and applications were distributed to each of the schools participating in LA GEAR UP.
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Practitioner guides from the MAP system were distributed to therapists during training sessions.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
To let other people use or have part of something
Make a book or article available to the public
To make a product or information available to the public
To become available to the public, for example when a book or album is released
Publish something like a book or magazine for people to buy
To give something to people in a group
To hand things to several people
To give things to people in a group, like papers or drinks
To spread information or ideas widely so many people know them
To give small amounts of something to several people over time
To give medicine or other things to people at a pharmacy
To make a new product ready for people to buy
To send updates or new content to users over the internet
Give a copy of something to each person in a group, for example by email
Make information spread among many people
Antonyms
How Widely
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Distribute comes from the Latin parts dis- 'apart' and tribuere 'to give', the same root in contribute and tribute. So when a company distributes a product, it is 'giving out' or sending it to people for sale or use.