distribute

Definitions

General English

• verb to share something between people

General Science

• verb to give something or send something out
• verb to spread something over a wide area

Accounting

• verb to share out dividends
• verb to send out goods from a manufacturer’s warehouse to retail shops

Computing

• verb to send out data or information to users in a network or system

Electronics

• To divide or spread throughout a single entity, or among many.
• To divide or separate into groups or categories.

Publishing

• verb to break up standing metal type and put each piece back into its case
• verb in Monotype and Linotype machines, to melt down cast slugs after they have been used
• verb to spread ink evenly over the surface of a plate, using a distributing roller

Nearby Definitions of “distribute”

• dish
• dismiss
• display
• distemper
• distortion
• distribute
• distribution
• district
• do
• dock
• doctor

Contexts for “distribute”

11 definitions in context
• General English
• General Science
• Accounting
• Computing
• Electronics
• Publishing