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distributed

distributed

3.8
Spread out across an area or shared among many people
  • adjective
  • /dɪsˈtrɪbjuːtɪd/
translation icon : distribuido
  • However, it should be evenly distributed across successive cohorts.

However, it should be evenly distributed across successive cohorts.

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Examples

  • The pressure is even and well distributed, ensuring that we get a nice smooth painting.

  • All right, so how do distributed teams perform?

  • The book has been printed in and distributed in different countries.

  • And then all the water from this reservoir gets distributed to each one of the layers.

  • They are geographically distributed, not so easy to find.

  • Between the months of January and March, soup and bread were distributed from Broad Street and Saint Andrews.

  • People don't live uniformly distributed over a country or a state.

  • The resources were evenly distributed among all the participants in the project.

  • In the new study, the students were distributed into different groups based on their skills.

  • He noticed that the population was distributed unequally between urban and rural areas.

Synonyms

divided up
vsdistributed
16 2.9

Parts are given to people, often according to a plan

can also mean covering an area, not only shared out
scattered
vsdistributed
1 3.5

Spread over a wide area and not close together

covers both irregular placement and planned division among people
shared out
vsdistributed
1 3.0

Divided into parts and given to people, usually equally

also applies to things simply spread over areas rather than divided
spread-out
vsdistributed
1 3.5

Arranged so they cover a wide area like papers fanned on a table

is similar but the term also includes dividing among people
dispersed
vsdistributed
4.2

Spread out across a wide area

includes dividing among people or items as well as area spreading
divided
vsdistributed
  • US
3.0

Split into parts and given out, often equally

also covers simple area spreading not only splitting into parts
apportioned
vsdistributed
6.5

Divided and given out to people or groups according to a plan

covers wide area spreading as well as allocation among people

Antonyms

4.8

Found only in one small area

Giving a lot of attention and effort to one task

Compounds

Found in many parts of the world

4.2

A way of handling data where parts run on different computers connected by a network

distributed fire
  • Specialized
8.2

Shots from many guns spread over an area to hit targets

How Scattered

dispersed
4.2
scattered
1 3.5
distributed
3.8
clustered
4.1
concentrated
  • Specialized
5.7

Surface Forms

distributed positive

Morphology

distributed = distribute (transparent) = distribute + ed

This adjective is a regular past-participial formation from the verb 'distribute' and its meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Distributed comes from two parts: dis- meaning 'apart' and tribute meaning 'give', the same root you find in contribute. So, to be distributed is to have something 'given out' or 'spread out' across a place or among many people.