distribution
/ˌdɪstɹɪˈbjuʃən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.64 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "December 6, 1709, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd before the sons of the clergy at their anniversary-meeting in the Church of St. Paul our charitable distributions"
- "A group of Thai researchers found the spider during an expedition to Phang-Nga province in southern Thailand to research the diversity and distribution of tarantulas in the country."
- "To specify the effect of flutter with one figure can be extremely misleading, for it says nothing about the distribution of flutter in the spectrum of interest."
- "The distribution of my little rock magazine is about 3,000."
- "The wealth distribution became extremely skewed in the kleptocracy."
- "The declarer had 3-6-2-2 distribution."
Etymology
From Old French distribution, from Latin distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itself from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to' (from tribus). By surface analysis, distribute + -ion.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: distributio
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌdɪstɹɪˈbjuʃən/
- British English: /ˌdɪstɹɪˈbjuːʃən/