distribute
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
administer or bestow, as in small portions
administer critical remarks to everyone present
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- distribution derivation
- dispensation derivation
- apportionment derivation
- deal derivation
- dispenser derivation
- electrical distributor derivation
- allocator derivation
- dispenser derivation
- dispensation derivation
Sense 2 verb
distribute or disperse widely
The invaders spread their language all over the country
Types & categories
- generalize hyponym
- metastasize hyponym
- discharge hyponym
- strew hyponym
- export hyponym
- propagate hyponym
- deploy hyponym
- redistribute hyponym
- sprawl hyponym
- diffuse hyponym
Related & opposite
- string out also see
- scatter also see
- diffuse also see
- expand also see
- gather antonym
- spreading derivation
- distribution derivation
- spreader derivation
- scatter derivation
- spread derivation
Sense 3 verb
make available
The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia
Types & categories
- transfer hypernym
- supply hyponym
- reticulate hyponym
Related & opposite
- distribution derivation
- distributor derivation
Sense 4 verb
give to several people
The teacher handed out the exams
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- distributive derivation
Sense 5 verb
cause be distributed
This letter is being circulated among the faculty
Types & categories
- move hypernym
- send around hyponym
- utter hyponym
- spread out hyponym
Related & opposite
- circulation derivation
- circulation derivation
- broadside derivation
- circulation derivation
Sense 6 verb
cause to become widely known
spread information
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- circulate causes
- spreading derivation
- circulation derivation
- dispersal derivation
- dissemination derivation
- scatter derivation
- airing derivation
- propagation derivation
- broadcast derivation
- broadcast derivation
- broadside derivation
- spread derivation
- disseminator derivation
- diffusinga derivation
- circulate verb group
Sense 7 verb
spread throughout a given area
the function distributes the values evenly
Types & categories
- spread out hypernym
Related & opposite
- distribute verb group
Sense 8 verb
be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
Values distribute
Types & categories
- exist hypernym
Related & opposite
- distribute verb group
Sense 9 verb
be mathematically distributive
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Sense 10 verb
to arrange in a systematic order
stagger the chairs in the lecture hall
Types & categories
- arrange hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distribution |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispensation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | apportionment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispenser |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | electrical distributor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | allocator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispenser |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispensation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | give |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | portion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reallot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | apply |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | string out |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | diffuse |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | expand |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | gather |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spreading |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distribution |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spreader |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spread |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | generalize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | metastasize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | discharge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | strew |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | export |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | propagate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deploy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | redistribute |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sprawl |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | diffuse |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | distribution |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | distributor |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | transfer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | supply |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reticulate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | distributive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | gift |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | divvy up |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | circulation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | circulation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | broadside |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | circulation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | send around |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | utter |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | spread out |
| 6 | causes | Related & opposite | circulate |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | spreading |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | circulation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersal |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissemination |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | airing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | propagation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | broadcast |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | broadcast |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | broadside |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | spread |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | disseminator |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffusinga |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | circulate |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | publicize |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | podcast |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | sow |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | vulgarize |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | distribute |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | spread out |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | distribute |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | exist |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrange |