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| 1. | [ verb ] administer or bestow, as in small portions | |
| Synonyms: | deal dispense administer allot dole_out deal_out lot dish_out parcel_out shell_out mete_out | |
| Examples: | "administer critical remarks to everyone present" "dole out some money" "shell out pocket money for the children" "deal a blow to someone" |
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| Related terms: | give assign give deal reallot dispenser allotment dispenser deal allocator distributor | |
| 2. | [ verb ] distribute or disperse widely | |
| Synonyms: | spread | |
| Examples: | "The invaders spread their language all over the country" |
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| Related terms: | gather diffuse strew discharge sprawl redistribute generalize export propagate metastasize deploy expand diffuse disperse string_out distribution spreader spread | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make available | |
| Examples: | "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia" |
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| Related terms: | transfer issue reticulate distribution | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make a gift of | |
| Synonyms: | hand_out give_away give_out | |
| Examples: | "She gave away her antique furniture" |
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| Related terms: | give share | |
| 5. | [ verb ] cause to be distributed | |
| Synonyms: | circulate pass_on pass_around | |
| Examples: | "This letter is circulating among the faculty" |
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| Related terms: | move spread send_around utter circular circulation | |
| 6. | [ verb ] cause to become widely known | |
| Synonyms: | disseminate spread circulate diffuse disperse pass_around propagate broadcast circularise circularize | |
| Examples: | "spread information" "circulate a rumor" "broadcast the news" |
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| Related terms: | publicize canvass carry sow popularize bandy_about go_around broadcast dissemination broadcast propagation scatter dispersion dissemination circular spread circulation propagator go_around | |
| 7. | [ verb ] be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses | |
| Examples: | "Values distribute" |
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| Related terms: | exist | |
| 8. | [ verb ] spread throughout a given area | |
| Examples: | "the function distributes the values evenly" |
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| Related terms: | spread | |
| 9. | [ verb ] be mathematically distributive | |
| Related terms: | be | |
| 10. | [ verb ] arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances | |
| Synonyms: | stagger stack | |
| Examples: | "stack the deck of cards" |
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| Related terms: | arrange | |
| Similar spelling: |
distributer distributed distributive distributor distribution distributary distrust district disturber disturbed distracted distorted distraught disturb distrustful distract distrait distort distractedly disturbance distraint distrustfully distress distortion disturbing |
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