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Verb
S:
(v)
distribute
,
administer
,
mete out
,
deal
,
parcel out
,
lot
,
dispense
,
shell out
,
deal out
,
dish out
,
allot
,
dole out
(administer or bestow, as in small portions)
"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"
S:
(v)
spread
,
distribute
(distribute or disperse widely)
"The invaders spread their language all over the country"
S:
(v)
distribute
(make available)
"The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia"
S:
(v)
distribute
,
give out
,
hand out
,
pass out
(give to several people)
"The teacher handed out the exams"
S:
(v)
circulate
,
pass around
,
pass on
,
distribute
(cause to be distributed)
"This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
S:
(v)
circulate
,
circularize
,
circularise
,
distribute
,
disseminate
,
propagate
,
broadcast
,
spread
,
diffuse
,
disperse
,
pass around
(cause to become widely known)
"spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
S:
(v)
distribute
(spread throughout a given area)
"the function distributes the values evenly"
S:
(v)
distribute
(be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses)
"Values distribute"
S:
(v)
distribute
(be mathematically distributive)
S:
(v)
stagger
,
distribute
(to arrange in a systematic order)
"stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
distributed
(spread out or scattered about or divided up)