ALL meanings of distribute
dis·trib·ute
D d - verb with object distribute to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot. 1
- verb with object distribute to disperse through a space or over an area; spread; scatter. 1
- verb with object distribute to promote, sell, and ship or deliver (an item or line of merchandise) to individual customers, especially in a specified region or area. 1
- verb with object distribute to pass out or deliver (mail, newspapers, etc.) to intended recipients. 1
- verb with object distribute to divide into distinct phases: The process was distributed into three stages. 1
- verb with object distribute to divide into classes: These plants are distributed into 22 classes. 1
- verb with object distribute Logic. to employ (a term) in a proposition so as to refer to all individuals denoted by the term. 1
- verb with object distribute Physical Chemistry. to dissolve uniformly in a solvent consisting of layers of immiscible or partially miscible substances. 1
- verb with object distribute Printing. to roll out (ink) on the table to attain the proper consistency. to return (type) to the proper place after printing. 1
- noun distribute Give shares of (something); deal out. 1
- transitive verb distribute hand out 1
- transitive verb distribute divide, share 1
- verb distribute If you distribute things, you hand them or deliver them to a number of people. 0
- verb distribute When a company distributes goods, it supplies them to the shops or businesses that sell them. 0
- verb distribute If you distribute things among the members of a group, you share them among those members. 0
- verb distribute To distribute a substance over something means to scatter it over it. 0
- verb distribute to give out in shares; dispense 0
- verb distribute to hand out or deliver 0
- verb distribute to spread throughout a space or area 0
- verb distribute to divide into classes or categories; classify 0
- verb distribute to return (used type) to the correct positions in the type case 0
- verb distribute to incorporate in a distributed term of a categorial proposition 0
- verb distribute to expand (an expression containing two operators) in such a way that the precedence of the operators is changed; for example, distributing multiplication over addition in a(b + c) yields ab + ac 0
- verb distribute to dispense (justice) 0
- verb transitive distribute to divide and give out in shares; allot 0
- verb transitive distribute to scatter or spread out, as over a surface 0
- verb transitive distribute to divide and arrange according to a classification; classify 0
- verb transitive distribute to put (things) in various distinct places 0
- verb transitive distribute to administer, as justice 0
- verb transitive distribute to break up (set type) and put the letters back in the proper boxes 0
- verb transitive distribute to apportion (an intestate's property) to those entitled to it 0
- verb transitive distribute to use (a term) in such a way as to refer to all members of its extension 0
- verb distribute (Transitive Verb) To divide into portions and dispense. 0
- verb distribute (Transitive Verb) To supply to retail outlets. 0
- verb distribute (Transitive Verb) To deliver or pass out. 0
- verb distribute (Transitive Verb) To scatter or spread. 0
- verb distribute (Transitive Verb) To apportion (more or less evenly). 0
- verb distribute (Transitive Verb) To classify or separate into categories. 0
- verb distribute (Intransitive Verb) (mathematics) To be distributive. 0
- verb distribute (printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases. 0
- verb distribute (printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table. 0
- verb distribute (logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise. 0