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Distribute
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(distributes, distributing, distributed) 1. If you distribute things, you hand them or deliver them to a number of people. Students shouted slogans and distributed leaflets... In the move most of the furniture was left to the neighbours or distributed among friends. VERB: V n, be V-ed among n 2. When a company distributes goods, it supplies them to the shops or businesses that sell them. (BUSINESS) We didn’t understand how difficult it was to distribute a national paper. VERB: V n 3. If you distribute things among the members of a group, you share them among those members. Immediately after his election he began to distribute major offices among his friends and supporters. = share out VERB: V n among n, also V n 4. To distribute a substance over something means to scatter it over it. (FORMAL) Distribute the topping evenly over the fruit. = scatter VERB: V n over n 5. see also distributed
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verb (-uted; -uting) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere, from dis- + tribuere to allot — more at tribute Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to divide among several or many ; apportion ~ expenses 2. a. to spread out so as to cover something ; scatter b. to give out or deliver especially to members of a group ~ newspapers ~ leaflets c. to place or position so as to be properly apportioned over or throughout an area 200 pounds ~d on a 6-foot frame d. to use (a term) so as to convey information about every member of the class named the proposition “all men are mortal” ~s “man” but not “mortal” 3. a. to divide or separate especially into kinds b. to return the units of (as typeset matter) to storage 4. to use in or as an operation so as to be mathematically distributive intransitive verb to be mathematically distributive multiplication ~s over addition • ~e noun Synonyms: ~, dispense, divide, deal, dole out mean to give out, usually in shares, to each member of a group. ~ implies an apportioning by separation of something into parts, units, or amounts ~d food to the needy. dispense suggests the giving of a carefully weighed or measured portion to each of a group according to due or need dispensed wisdom to the students. divide stresses the separation of a whole into parts and implies that the parts are equal three charitable groups divided the proceeds. deal emphasizes the allotment of something piece by piece deal out equipment and supplies. dole out implies a carefully measured portion of something that is often in short supply doled out what little food there was. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 give shares of; deal out. 2 spread about; scatter (distributed the seeds evenly over the garden). 3 divide into parts; arrange; classify. 4 Printing separate (type that has been set up) and return the characters to their separate boxes. 5 Logic use (a term) to include every individual of the class to which it refers. Derivatives distributable adj. Etymology: ME f. L distribuere distribut- (as DIS-, tribuere assign) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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гл. 1) раздавать, распределять 2) размещать 3) классифицировать 4) рассылать, распространять • - distribute a dividend - distribute an estate - distribute costs - distribute money Syn: allot, assign, divide, sort ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. распределять, раздавать; разносить to distribute examination papers to the class —- раздать экзаменационные работы классу to distribute letters among the adressees —- раздать письма адресатам 2. распределять (часто на поверхности); (равномерно) разбрасывать to distribute fertilizer over the field —- разбросать удобрение по полю to distribute (printing-)ink over the form —- полигр. накатать краску на форму to distribute in depth —- воен. располагать (эшелонировать) в глубину the load was evenly distributed —- груз был равномерно распределен 3. рассредоточивать 4. распространять this species is distributed all over Europe —- этот вид распространен по всей Европе, этот вид встречается во всех частях Европы 5. разделять, распределять; классифицировать to distribute plants into twenty two groups —- классифицировать растения по двадцати двум группам 6. полигр. разбирать шрифт и раскладывать его по кассам 7. юр. уст. отправлять to distribute justice —- отправлять правосудие ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) распределять, раздавать (among, to, round) The money that has been collected will be distributed among all the childrens hospitals in the area. to distribute letters - разносить письма - distribute profits 2) (ровно) размазывать (краску); (равномерно) разбрасывать to distribute manure over a field - разбросать удобрение по полю 3) распространять (over) The wreck of the crashed plane was distributed over a wide area. 4) классифицировать to distribute books into classes - распределять книги по отделам 5) typ. разобрать шрифт и разложить его по кассам 6) logic использовать термин в самом общем и широком смысле Syn: see divide DISTRIBUTE profits выплачивать дивиденды (акционерам и т.п.) ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 to give something such as food, medicine, books etc to a large group of people, especially in a planned way (distribute sth among/to) (Clothes and blankets have been distributed among the refugees. | a man distributing leaflets to passers-by) 2 to supply goods to shops and companies in a particular area (Milk is distributed to the local shops by Herald's Dairies.) 3 to share something such as wealth or power among different people or organizations 4 to spread something over a large area (The flowers rely on the wind to distribute their pollen.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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