distribute
1. administer or bestow, as in small portions (Freq. 10)
- 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
• Syn:
administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot,
dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
• Derivationally related forms:
allotment (for: allot), dispensation (for: dispense), dispenser (for: dispense), deal (for: deal), distribution, distributor, distributer
• Hypernyms:
give
• Hyponyms:
assign, allot, portion, reallot, deal,
give, apply
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
2. distribute or disperse widely (Freq. 5)
- The invaders spread their language all over the country
• Syn:
spread
• Ant:
gather (for: spread)
• See Also:
spread out (for: spread)
• Derivationally related forms:
distribution, spread (for: spread), spreader (for: spread), spreading (for: spread)
• Hyponyms:
generalize, generalise, metastasize, metastasise, discharge,
strew, straw, export, propagate, deploy, redistribute,
sprawl, straggle, diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. make available (Freq. 4)
- The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia
• Derivationally related forms:
distribution, distributor, distributer
• Hypernyms:
transfer
• Hyponyms:
issue, supply, reticulate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Sam and Sue distribute the movie
4. give to several people (Freq. 3)
- The teacher handed out the exams
• Syn:
give out, hand out, pass out
• Derivationally related forms:
distributive
• Hypernyms:
give, gift, present
• Hyponyms:
share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
5. cause to become widely known (Freq. 1)
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
• Syn:
circulate, circularize, circularise, disseminate, propagate,
broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
• Derivationally related forms:
dispersive (for: disperse), dispersion (for: disperse), dispersal (for: disperse), diffusive (for: diffuse), diffusion (for: diffuse), spread (for: spread), spreading (for: spread), broadcast (for: broadcast), propagation (for: propagate), propagator (for: propagate), disseminative (for: disseminate), dissemination (for: disseminate), disseminator (for: disseminate), circular (for: circularise), circulation (for: circulate)
• Hypernyms:
publicize, publicise, air, bare
• Hyponyms:
podcast, sow, popularize, popularise, vulgarize,
vulgarise, generalize, generalise, carry, run
• Verb Group:
go around, spread, circulate
• Cause:
go around, spread, circulate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. cause be distributed (Freq. 1)
- This letter is being circulated among the faculty
• Syn:
circulate, pass around, pass on
• Derivationally related forms:
circular (for: circulate), circulation (for: circulate)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
send around, utter, spread, scatter, spread out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
7. spread throughout a given area
- the function distributes the values evenly
• Hypernyms:
spread, scatter, spread out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
8. be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
- Values distribute
• Hypernyms:
exist, be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
9. be mathematically distributive
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
10. to arrange in a systematic order
- stagger the chairs in the lecture hall
• Syn:
stagger
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
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