Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distributed

/ˈdɪstɹɪbjutɪd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: dis-trib-ut-ed
IPA: /ˈdɪstɹɪbjutɪd/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of distribute

adj

Spread across a relatively wide area.

adj

Involving numerous separate computers or entities, rather than the traditional one.

Example Sentences

"Webster and Wong (2008) found that semivirtual teams had more positive perceptions of their local teammates compared to the distributed teammates […]"
"distributed computing"
"distributed ray tracing"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdɪstɹɪbjutɪd/
British English: /dɪˈstɹɪbjutɪd/

Inflected Forms

more distributed (comparative) most distributed (superlative)

Derived Forms

biodistributed codistributed distributedly distributedness equidistributed geodistributed maldistributed nondistributed undistributed

Phrases

distributed hash table distributed ledger

Questions

How do you pronounce distributed?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɪstɹɪbjutɪd/.
What does distributed mean?: simple past and past participle of distribute

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