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distribute
verb
1 distribute
Administer or bestow, as in small portions.
synonyms: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out ... show more.
Roget 60:
reduce to order,
bring into order;
introduce order into;
rally.
arrange,
dispose,
place,
form;
put in order,
set in order,
place in order;
set out,
collocate,
pack,
marshal,
range,
size,
rank,
group,
parcel out,
allot,
distribute,
deal;
cast the parts,
assign the parts;
dispose of,
assign places to;
assort,
sort;
sift,
riddle;
put to rights,
set to rights,
put into shape,
put in trim,
put in array;
apportion.
class,
classify;
divide;
file,
string together,
thread;
register
etc.
(record)
551;
catalogue,
tabulate,
index,
graduate,
digest,
grade.
methodize,
regulate,
systematize,
coordinate,
organize,
settle,
fix.
unravel,
disentangle,
ravel,
card;
disembroil†;
feaze†.
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Roget 786:
apportion,
divide;
distribute,
administer,
dispense;
billet,
allot,
detail,
cast,
share,
mete;
portion out,
parcel out,
dole out;
deal,
carve.
allocate,
ration,
ration out;
assign;
separate
etc.
44.
partition,
assign,
appropriate,
appoint.
come in for one's share
etc.
(participate)
778.
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Roget 591:
print;
compose;
put to press,
go to press;
pass through the press,
see through the press;
publish
etc.
531;
bring out;
appear in print,
rush into print;
distribute,
makeup,
mortise,
offset,
overrun,
rout.
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Dutch: verdelen, dealen, uitdelen
2 distribute
Distribute or disperse widely.
synonym: spread.
Dutch: verspreiden
3 distribute
4 distribute
5 distribute
6 distribute
Cause to become widely known.
synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, pass around, propagate, spread.
Roget 73:
disperse,
scatter,
sow,
broadcast,
disseminate,
diffuse,
shed,
spread,
bestrew,
overspread,
dispense,
disband,
disembody,
dismember,
distribute;
apportion
etc.
786;
blow off,
let out,
dispel,
cast forth,
draught off;
strew,
straw,
strow†;
ted;
spirtle†,
cast,
sprinkle;
issue,
deal out,
retail,
utter;
resperse†,
intersperse;
set abroach†,
circumfuse†.
turn adrift,
cast adrift;
scatter to the winds;
spread like wildfire,
disperse themselves.
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Dutch: verspreiden, uitdragen, rondbazuinen, rondbrieven, rondstrooien, uitbrieven
7 distribute
Spread throughout a given area.
8 distribute
Be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses.
9 distribute
Be mathematically distributive.
10 distribute
To arrange in a systematic order.
synonym: stagger.
Moby thesaurus: administer, align, allocate, allot, apportion, arrange, array, assign, assort, bestow, bestrew, broadcast, categorize, circulate, circumfuse, class, classify, collocate, come across with, compose, convey, deal, deal out, deliver, deliver over, diffract, diffuse, disburse, dish out, dispense, disperse, dispose, dispread, disseminate, diverge, divide, divide up, dole, dole out, donate, dribble, fan out, file, fix, fork over, forward, give, give in, give out, give over, group, hand, hand in, hand out, hand over, issue, line, line up, marshal, measure out, mete, mete out, order, overscatter, oversow, overspread, parcel, parcel out, partition, pass, pass around, pass out, pass over, pay out, place, portion, portion out, present, propagate, prorate, publish, radiate, rally, range, ration, reach, regiment, render, resign, retail, scatter, set out, share out, sort, sow, sow broadcast, space, splay, spoon out, spread, spread out, strew, surrender, transfer, turn over, utter ... show more.
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