distributing Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
   dish out; deal; parcel out; dispense; distribute; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
   
   • 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
2. verb distribute or disperse widely
   distribute; spread.
   
   • The invaders spread their language all over the country
3. verb make available
   distribute.
   
   • The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia
4. verb give to several people
   pass out; give out; distribute; hand out.
   
   • The teacher handed out the exams
5. verb cause be distributed
   distribute; pass on; pass around; circulate.
   
   • This letter is being circulated among the faculty
6. verb cause to become widely known
   circularise; disseminate; distribute; broadcast; spread; circularize; disperse; pass around; propagate; diffuse; circulate.
   
   • spread information
   • circulate a rumor
   • broadcast the news
7. verb spread throughout a given area
   distribute.
   
   • the function distributes the values evenly
8. verb be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
   distribute.
   
   • Values distribute
9. verb be mathematically distributive
   distribute.
   
10. verb to arrange in a systematic order
    stagger; distribute.
    
    • stagger the chairs in the lecture hall

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