Distributed Distribute Widely Extra Examples Products Verb Dɪˈstrɪbjuːt

• the leaflets have been widely distributed.
• the newspaper is distributed free.
• to distribute fliers/pamphlets/questionnaires
• viruses are often distributed via email.

distribute

Verb Forms

1. to give things to a large number of people; to share something between a number of people
• The leaflets have been widely distributed.
• The newspaper is distributed free.
• to distribute fliers/pamphlets/questionnaires
• Viruses are often distributed via email.
• The organization distributed food to the earthquake victims.
• The money was distributed among schools in the area.
• The proceeds will be distributed between local charities.

Extra Examples

• Copies of the book were distributed free to each school in the district.
• We distributed the money equally among the team members.
• distributing aid to people in need
2. to send goods to shops and businesses so that they can be sold
• Who distributes our products in the UK?
• Their trademark jeans enjoyed immediate success and were soon distributed worldwide.

Extra Examples

• nationally distributed brands of fruit juice
• ‘Plastika’ distributes our products in the UK.
• The cheese is imported and distributed exclusively by Norland Inc.
• Hood distributes dairy products throughout the United States.
3. to spread something, or different parts of something, over an area
• Make sure your weight is evenly distributed.
• Cases of the disease are widely distributed through Europe.

Extra Examples

• Generous workspaces must be well distributed throughout the library.
• Smokers were randomly distributed in the sample interviewed.
• The plant is globally distributed.
• The trend is broadly distributed and not just a big-city phenomenon.
• There are over 35 000 species of orchid distributed throughout the world.
• Wealth is not evenly distributed between age groups.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin distribut- ‘divided up’, from the verb distribuere, from dis- ‘apart’ + tribuere ‘assign’.