distribute
/dɪˈstɹɪbjut/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.79 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He distributed the bread amongst his followers."
- "The agency distributes newspapers to local shops."
- "A network of children distributes flyers to every house."
- "Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics."
- "Datacasting bypasses the wired, terrestrial Internet and is a cheaper way to distribute software than pressing and mailing CDs."
- "I raked the soil then distributed grass seed."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɪˈstɹɪbjut/
- British English: /dɪˈstɹɪbjuːt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
distributes (present, singular)
distributing (participle, present)
distributed (participle, past)
distributed (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
distributed (first person, past)
distributest (archaic, present)
distributed (past, second person)
distributedst (archaic, past)
distributeth (archaic, present)
distributed (past, singular)