distribute

distribute is a 10-letter English word with 17 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
2. transitive verb. To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice.
3. transitive verb. To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.
4. transitive verb. To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
5. transitive verb. To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
6. transitive verb. To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
7. intransitive verb. To make distribution.
8. verb. cause to become widely known

   "spread information"

   "circulate a rumor"

   Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, propagate, spread

9. verb. distribute or disperse widely

   "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

   Synonyms: spread

10. verb. to arrange in a systematic order

    "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"

    Synonyms: stagger

11. verb. cause be distributed

    "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"

    Synonyms: circulate

12. verb. give to several people

    "The teacher handed out the exams"

13. verb. administer or bestow, as in small portions

    "administer critical remarks to everyone present"

    "dole out some money"

    Synonyms: administer, allot, deal, dispense, lot

14. verb. make available

    "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia"

15. verb. be mathematically distributive
16. verb. be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses

    "Values distribute"

17. verb. spread throughout a given area

    "the function distributes the values evenly"

Synonyms

broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, propagate, spread, stagger, administer, allot, deal, dispense, lot

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in distribute:

turbidites

Common word forms

distributed, distributer, distributes, distributing

Words from these letters

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