distributing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
    dish out; deal; parcel out; dispense; distribute; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
    • administer critical remarks to everyone present
    • dole out some money
    • shell out pocket money for the children
    • deal a blow to someone
    • the machine dispenses soft drinks
  2. verb distribute or disperse widely
    distribute; spread.
    • The invaders spread their language all over the country
  3. verb make available
    distribute.
    • The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia
  4. verb give to several people
    pass out; give out; distribute; hand out.
    • The teacher handed out the exams
  5. verb cause be distributed
    distribute; pass on; pass around; circulate.
    • This letter is being circulated among the faculty
  6. verb cause to become widely known
    circularise; disseminate; distribute; broadcast; spread; circularize; disperse; pass around; propagate; diffuse; circulate.
    • spread information
    • circulate a rumor
    • broadcast the news
  7. verb spread throughout a given area
    distribute.
    • the function distributes the values evenly
  8. verb be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
    distribute.
    • Values distribute
  9. verb be mathematically distributive
    distribute.
  10. verb to arrange in a systematic order
    stagger; distribute.
    • stagger the chairs in the lecture hall

WordNet


Dis*trib"u*ting adjective
Definitions
  1. That distributes; dealing out.

Webster 1913