distributeverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈstrɪb.juːt//ˈdɪs.trɪ.bjuːt/us/dɪˈstrɪb.juːt/B2 to give something out to several people, or to spread or supply something:
The books will be distributed free to local schools.
Several people were arrested for distributing racist leaflets/pamphlets (to the spectators).
The company aims eventually to distribute (= supply for sale) its products throughout China.
More examples
- A number of charities are coordinating their efforts to distribute food to the region.
- Their teacher distributed a review for the exam.
- Tons of internationally donated food was distributed to the starving peasants.
- She incited racial hatred by distributing anti-Semitic leaflets.
- It's thought that the pornographic films are being distributed by an international vice ring.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Spreading and scattering
- all over the place idiom
- bedaub
- bestrew
- billow
- circulate
- go round (somewhere)
- go/do the rounds idiom
- percolate
- radial
- radiate
- scatter
- slap
- spread
- spread out
- sprinkling
- straggle
- stretch
- strew
- suffuse
- sweep
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