Distribute
vverb.possessionadminister or bestow, as in small portionsSynset:administer allot deal deal out dish out dispense dole out lot mete out parcel out shell out
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:allotmentdistributerdistributordispenserdealdispensationdistribution
Hypernyms:give
Inherited Hypernyms:distributegivetransfer
Direct Hyponyms:allotapplyassigndealgiveportionreallot
Full Troponyms:administerallocateallowassignawardblesscertificateconferdealgivegraduateinsufflatemisdealmiterrationreallotreapportiontread
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something to somebody | They --- the people the food (apply to: allot) | They --- the food to the people (apply to: allot)
vverb.contactdistribute or disperse widelySynset:spread
Examples:- The invaders spread their language all over the country
Antonyms:gather
Derivationally Related Form:spreaddistributionspreaderspreading
Inherited Hypernyms:spread
Direct Hyponyms:deploydiffusedischargeexportfan outgeneralisegeneralizemetastasisemetastasizepropagateredistributesprawlspreadspread outstragglestrawstrew
Full Troponyms:aerosolizeatomizebespanglebestrewcreepcrockdeploydiffusedischargedrizzleexportextravasategeneralizelittermantlemetastasizemistpercolateplaypropagatepuddleredeployredistributerunsaltscattershowersloshspattersprawlspraysprinklespritzsquirtstrewsyringevolley
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.socialmake availableExamples:- The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia
Derivationally Related Form:distributiondistributerdistributor
Hypernyms:transfer
Inherited Hypernyms:distributetransfer
Direct Hyponyms:issuereticulatesupply
Full Troponyms:declassifyfreeissuereissuereticulateunblock
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Sam and Sue --- the movie (apply to: distribute)
vverb.possessiongive to several peopleSynset:give out hand out pass out
Examples:- The teacher handed out the exams
Derivationally Related Form:distributive
Hypernyms:gift give present
Inherited Hypernyms:distributegive
Direct Hyponyms:apportiondealdivvy upportion outshare
Full Troponyms:share
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody something | Somebody ---s something to somebody
vverb.motioncause to be distributedSynset:circulate pass around pass on
Examples:- This letter is being circulated among the faculty
Derivationally Related Form:circularcirculation
Hypernyms:displace move
Inherited Hypernyms:circulatemove
Direct Hyponyms:scattersend aroundspreadspread oututter
Full Troponyms:birdlimecircularizecircumfusedistributemanuresend aroundspreadutter
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something to somebody
vverb.communicationcause to become widely knownSynset:broadcast circularise circularize circulate diffuse disperse disseminate pass around propagate spread
Examples:- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
Derivationally Related Form:circularspreaddiffusivedispersionspreadingpropagatordispersalbroadcastdispersivedisseminativedisseminationdiffusiondisseminatorpropagationcirculation
Hypernyms:air bare publicise publicize
Inherited Hypernyms:circulatepublicizetellinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:carrygeneralisegeneralizepodcastpopularisepopularizerunsowvulgarisevulgarize
Causes:circulate go around spread
Full Troponyms:carrypodcastpopularizesow
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.stativespread throughout a given areaExamples:- the function distributes the values evenly
Hypernyms:scatter spread spread out
Inherited Hypernyms:distributespreadcirculatemove
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.stativebe distributed or spread, as in statistical analysesHypernyms:be exist
Inherited Hypernyms:distributeexist
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.stativebe mathematically distributiveHypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:distributebe
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.contactto arrange in a systematic orderSynset:stagger
Examples:- stagger the chairs in the lecture hall
Hypernyms:arrange set up
Inherited Hypernyms:staggerarrangeputmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP