Synonyms for distribute
dɪˈstrɪb yutdis·trib·ute

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1. distribute

   Allot, originally to assign by lot, applies to the giving of a definite thing to a certain person. A portion or extent of time is allotted; as, I expect to live out my allotted time. A definite period is appointed; as, the audience assembled at the appointed hour. Allot may also refer to space; as, to allot a plot of ground for a cemetery; but we now oftener use select, set apart, or assign. Allot is not now used of persons. Appoint may be used of time, space, or person; as, the appointed day; the appointed place; an officer was appointed to this station. Destine may also refer to time, place, or person, but it always has reference to what is considerably in the future; a man appoints to meet his friend in five minutes; he destines his son to follow his own profession. Assign is rarely used of time, but rather of places, persons, or things. We assign a work to be done and assign a man to do it, who, if he fails, must assign a reason for not doing it. That which is allotted, appointed, or assigned is more or less arbitrary; that which is awarded is the due requital of something the receiver has done, and he has right and claim to it; as, the medal was awarded for valor. Compare APPORTION.

   Synonyms:
   allot, appoint, apportion, assign, award, destine, divide, give, grant, mete out, portion out, select, set apart

   Antonyms:
   appropriate, confiscate, deny, refuse, resume, retain, seize, withhold

   Preposition:
   Allot to a company for a purpose.

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1. distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole outverb

   administer or bestow, as in small portions

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   dish up, circulate, shell out, apportion, plow, spread, carry on, lot, pass on, dish out, portion, deal out, allot, serve up, care, portion out, sell, take, treat, share, dispense, dole out, divvy up, grapple, make out, accord, assign, deal, parcel out, disperse, circularize, manage, contend, administer, give out, grant, trade, address, handle, disseminate, pass around, hand out, mete out, administrate, pass out, diffuse, broadcast, propagate, conduct, serve, cover, circularise, consider, make do, get by, stagger, look at, cope, dish

2. spread, distributeverb

   distribute or disperse widely

   "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

   Synonyms:
   circulate, shell out, lot, spread, pass on, dish out, deal out, allot, overspread, dispense, dole out, unfold, spread out, deal, parcel out, disperse, circularize, administer, give out, fan out, open, go around, pass around, hand out, mete out, pass out, diffuse, broadcast, propagate, scatter, circularise, stagger, disseminate

3. distributeverb

   make available

   "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia"

   Synonyms:
   stagger, circularise, pass around, lot, parcel out, disseminate, spread, diffuse, broadcast, mete out, administer, dispense, deal out, pass out, pass on, give out, propagate, disperse, dish out, circulate, dole out, allot, circularize, hand out, shell out, deal

4. distribute, give out, hand out, pass outverb

   give to several people

   "The teacher handed out the exams"

   Synonyms:
   circulate, emit, shell out, lot, spread, conk out, die, pass on, dish out, zonk out, deal out, allot, fail, swoon, go bad, dispense, dole out, give off, give way, conk, deal, parcel out, disperse, circularize, run out, black out, administer, give out, go, disseminate, pass around, hand out, faint, mete out, pass out, diffuse, broadcast, propagate, break down, circularise, break, stagger

5. circulate, pass around, pass on, distributeverb

   cause be distributed

   "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"

   Synonyms:
   circulate, shell out, lot, spread, mobilize, pass on, dish out, hand out, deal out, allot, progress, reach, communicate, dispense, advance, dole out, disseminate, deal, parcel out, disperse, circularize, administer, give, go on, give out, go around, pass around, pass, move on, pass along, mete out, mobilise, impart, diffuse, broadcast, put across, turn over, propagate, leave, pass out, relegate, circularise, march on, stagger, submit, hand, circle

6. circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass aroundverb

   cause to become widely known

   "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

   Synonyms:
   circulate, beam, shell out, fan out, lot, spread, mobilize, pervade, pass on, dish out, dissipate, deal out, allot, dot, overspread, break up, dispense, interpenetrate, dole out, unfold, penetrate, deal, parcel out, disperse, circularize, administer, give out, spread out, open, go around, pass around, sprinkle, hand out, mete out, dispel, mobilise, diffuse, broadcast, pass out, propagate, scatter, transmit, air, circularise, send, riddle, dust, stagger, imbue, permeate, disseminate, circle

7. distributeverb

   spread throughout a given area

   "the function distributes the values evenly"

   Synonyms:
   stagger, circularise, pass around, lot, parcel out, disseminate, spread, diffuse, broadcast, mete out, administer, dispense, deal out, pass out, pass on, give out, propagate, disperse, dish out, circulate, dole out, allot, circularize, hand out, shell out, deal

8. distributeverb

   be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses

   "Values distribute"

   Synonyms:
   stagger, circularise, pass around, lot, parcel out, disseminate, spread, diffuse, broadcast, mete out, administer, dispense, deal out, pass out, pass on, give out, propagate, disperse, dish out, circulate, dole out, allot, circularize, hand out, shell out, deal

9. distributeverb

   be mathematically distributive

   Synonyms:
   stagger, circularise, pass around, lot, parcel out, disseminate, spread, diffuse, broadcast, mete out, administer, dispense, deal out, pass out, pass on, give out, propagate, disperse, dish out, circulate, dole out, allot, circularize, hand out, shell out, deal

10. stagger, distributeverb

    to arrange in a systematic order

    "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"

    Synonyms:
    stagger, circularize, circularise, pass around, keel, parcel out, careen, spread, swag, diffuse, lot, broadcast, disseminate, mete out, administer, dispense, dole out, pass out, pass on, give out, lurch, propagate, allot, disperse, dish out, circulate, flounder, deal out, reel, hand out, shell out, deal

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1. • Arrange
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   • Publicize
   • Spread
   • Transfer

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1. distributeverb

   Synonyms:
   apportion, assign, allot, dispense, mete, divide, share, parcel out, deal out, portion out

2. distributeverb

   Synonyms:
   classify, class, arrange, assort, dispose

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1. distributeverb

   Synonyms:
   apportion, allot, deal out, dispense, classify, assort, group

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1. List of paraphrases for "distribute":

   circulate, circulated, distributing, distribution, disseminate, dispense, apportion, allocate, distributed, spread

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1. Julie Morita:

   We had media attention on this, it was in the news every day, and so we were particularly shocked that pharmacists just didn't know about it, so I had one person who went from pharmacy to pharmacy to pharmacy to distribute education. It takes so many steps to implement a policy, and constant monitoring.

2. Dan Kildee:

   This pandemic is not over. As we continue to distribute vaccines, every Michigander plays a critical role to defeat this virus by wearing a mask, practicing social distancing and regularly washing their hands, while our Governor has not issued any mandatory restrictions, she has urged all Michiganders to exercise personal responsibility over the next two weeks to help slow the spread, such as forgoing indoor dining or gathering with people outside your immediate household.

3. Stewart Brand:

   Information Wants To Be Free. Information also wants to be expensive. Information wants to be free because it has become so cheap to distribute, copy, and recombine---too cheap to meter. It wants to be expensive because it can be immeasurably valuable to the recipient. That tension will not go away.

4. Ryan Arens:

   I stripped to my boxers and got the guy out of the boat. Then, I slid the boat out onto the ice, using it to distribute my weight, i shimmed out to where the ice was thin.

5. David Smilde:

   While the verbiage sounds like this is an attempt to replace the National Assembly, it looks like it will be a body that works at a lower level to distribute resources to communes and communal councils, of course the optics of this are alarming ... (but) I doubt it will seriously impede any functions of the National Assembly.