Meaning of distribute in English

distribute

/dɪˈstrɪb.juːt/ /ˈdɪs.trɪ.bjuːt/ us

/dɪˈstrɪb.juːt/

to give something out to several peopleor to spread or supply something:

distribute something to someone/something Several people were arrested for distributing racist leaflets to the spectators.

The books will be distributed free to local schools.

distribute something throughout something The company aims eventually to distribute (= supply for sale) its products throughout China.

Synonym

disseminate formal

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A number of charities are coordinating their efforts to distribute food to the region.
Their teacher distributed a review for the exam.
Tons of internationally donated food was distributed to the starving peasants.
She incited racial hatred by distributing anti-Semitic leaflets.
It's thought that the pornographic films are being distributed by an international vice ring.

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(Definition of distribute from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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distribute

verb [ T ]

/dɪˈstrɪb·jut-jət/

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to divide something among several or many peopleor to spread or scatter something over an area:

Food and clothing are being distributed among/to the flood victims.

Shopping malls are widely distributed across the country.

(Definition of distribute from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

distribute | Business English

distribute

verb

/dɪˈstrɪbjuːt/ us

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[ T ]

to give something to a large number of peoplefor example a share of a company's profits to shareholders:

distribute sth to sb Operating expenses are first paid from the fund's assets before any earnings are distributed to shareholders.

distribute sth among sb $80 million dollars were due to be distributed among the firm's creditors.

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to make a company's goods available to the publicfor exampleby transporting storingand selling them:

As small American companies generate more sales overseasthe infrastructure for selling and distributing U.S. products will continue to improve.

distribute to sb The Scottish company aims to be distributing to retailers within the US and Canada by next year.

See also

distribution

distributor

(Definition of distribute from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of distribute

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Mutations are assumed to be independent and identically distributed across players.

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The term refers to a disruption of interconnecting fibres that link spatially distributed regions in the brain.

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Figure 1a shows distributed representations for these entities.

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Random assignment would ensure that all unmeasured confounding factors were equally distributed between comparison groups.

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The soil is shallow and patchily distributed on or between these various rock surfaces.

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Though forest trees usually show considerable pollen flowassuming an absence of spatially distributed genetic structure is not always wise.

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The vertical velocity in the right vortex is spatially distributed as in the left vortex.

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Section 3.1 presents approximation results when the particles are uniformly distributed.

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The odour map shows the spatial layout of the environmentthe presence of multiple gases and how these gases are distributed.

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To summarize: the two dimensions of modeling (the distributed / nondistributed nature of representation and the chosen paradigm) are independent.

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For examplewelfare transfers are usually unequally distributed (most households do not receive them)but they are directed disproportionately at poor households.

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Forquite obviouslynot just the possibilities of exit but also the possibilities of using voice effectively are distributed highly unequally in society.

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Information can be sparsely or coarsely distributed across populations of neurons depending upon the stimulation conditions.

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The editorapparently without a hint of ironysuggests that readers photocopy it and distribute the parts for singing.

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Retinal cells with a common function tend to be regularly distributed.

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分發，散發分配…

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