distributed

[ dih-strib-yoo-tid ]

/ dɪˈstrɪb yʊ tɪd /

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adjective Linguistics.

(in distinctive feature analysis) characterized by relatively extensive contact or constriction between the articulating organs, as the (sh) in show in contrast to the (s) in so.

Origin of distributed

distribute + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM distributed

un·dis·trib·ut·ed, adjective well-dis·trib·ut·ed, adjective

Words nearby distributed

distressed, distressed area, distressful, distributary, distribute, distributed, distributed array processor, distributed data processing, distributed logic, distributed practice, distributed systems

Definition for distributed (2 of 2)

distribute

[ dih-strib-yoot ]

/ dɪˈstrɪb yut /

verb (used with object), dis·trib·ut·ed, dis·trib·ut·ing.

to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.

to disperse through a space or over an area; spread; scatter.

to promote, sell, and ship or deliver (an item or line of merchandise) to individual customers, especially in a specified region or area.

to pass out or deliver (mail, newspapers, etc.) to intended recipients.

to divide into distinct phases: The process was distributed into three stages.

to divide into classes: These plants are distributed into 22 classes.

Logic. to employ (a term) in a proposition so as to refer to all individuals denoted by the term.

Physical Chemistry. to dissolve uniformly in a solvent consisting of layers of immiscible or partially miscible substances.

Printing.

to roll out (ink) on the table to attain the proper consistency.
to return (type) to the proper place after printing.

Origin of distribute

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin distribūtus, past participle of distribuere to divide up. See dis-¹, tribute

SYNONYMS FOR distribute

1 assign, mete, apportion.

6 dispose, sort, arrange, categorize.

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synonym study for distribute

1. Distribute, dispense apply to giving out something. Distribute implies apportioned, individualized giving, especially of something that is definite or limited in amount or number: The prizes were distributed among ten winners. Dispense formerly implied indiscriminate, general, and liberal giving, especially of something that was more or less indefinite or unmeasured in amount: to dispense largess. It now applies chiefly to giving according to need or deserts, from an organized and official source: to dispense medicines and food to the victims.

OTHER WORDS FROM distribute

dis·trib·ut·a·ble, adjective pre·dis·trib·ute, verb (used with object), pre·dis·trib·ut·ed, pre·dis·trib·ut·ing.

Example sentences from the Web for distributed

Even Sony Pictures Classics, who distributed the Before trilogy?

Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange |Marlow Stern |December 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
While food is distributed to families, children living on the UN base in Bentiu continue to struggle with malnutrition.

‘There was no food, no more water lilies’ |Crystal Wells |October 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
After it reached Ethiopia, the contents were distributed and sold out in under two weeks.

'Made in China' Now Being Made in Africa |Brendon Hong |August 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It will only be distributed to select bars and at official company events.

When a Modern-Day Indiana Jones Met an Adventurous Gin Distiller |Ann Binlot |July 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Her photograph was chosen as the image of the ideal Aryan baby, and distributed in party propaganda.

Nazis’ ‘Perfect Aryan’ Child Was Jewish |The Telegraph |July 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The water runs down to the home station, and is then lifted up high by steam engines and distributed over the city.

Wisconsin in Story and Song; |Various
We distributed it among the lodges, and there was great rejoicing.

Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park |James Willard Schultz
Coals and salt, machinery and manufactured goods, can be distributed easily from the great towns that produce them.

Cheshire |Charles E. Kelsey
All invitations to Receptions, etc., will be distributed in this way.

Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress |Various
The papers were to be distributed at eleven, and at a few minutes before that hour we were all assembled.

In Accordance with the Evidence |Oliver Onions

British Dictionary definitions for distributed

distribute

/ (dɪˈstrɪbjuːt) /

verb (tr)

to give out in shares; dispense

to hand out or deliver to distribute handbills

(often passive) to spread throughout a space or area gulls are distributed along the west coast

(often passive) to divide into classes or categories; classify these books are distributed in four main categories

printing to return (used type) to the correct positions in the type case

logic to incorporate in a distributed term of a categorial proposition

maths logic 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

obsolete to dispense (justice)

Derived forms of distribute

distributable, adjective

Word Origin for distribute

C15: from Latin distribuere from dis- 1 + tribuere to give

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Definition for distributed (2 of 2)

verb (used with object), dis·trib·ut·ed, dis·trib·ut·ing.

Origin of distribute

SYNONYMS FOR distribute

synonym study for distribute

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verb (tr)

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distributed

adjective Linguistics.

Origin of distributed

OTHER WORDS FROM distributed

Words nearby distributed

Definition for distributed (2 of 2)

verb (used with object), dis·trib·ut·ed, dis·trib·ut·ing.

Origin of distribute

SYNONYMS FOR distribute

synonym study for distribute

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British Dictionary definitions for distributed

verb (tr)

Derived forms of distribute

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