distribute
Verbs
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(v) 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
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(v) distribute or disperse widely
- The invaders spread their language all over the country
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(v) make available
- The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia
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(v) give to several people
- The teacher handed out the exams
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(v) cause be distributed
- This letter is being circulated among the faculty
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(v) cause to become widely known
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
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(v) spread throughout a given area
- the function distributes the values evenly
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(v) be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
- Values distribute
- (v) be mathematically distributive
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(v) to arrange in a systematic order
- stagger the chairs in the lecture hall