| query | If you d_________ things among the members of a group, you share them among those members.If you distribute things among the members of a group, you share them among those members. After his election he distributed major offices among his friends and supporters. |
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| word | distribute |
| full-definition | verb If you distribute things, you hand them or deliver them to a number of people. Students shouted slogans and distributed leaflets. Thousands of soldiers are working to distribute food and blankets to the refugees. In the move most of the furniture was left to the neighbours or distributed among friends. When a company distributes goods, it supplies them to the shops or businesses that sell them. We didn't understand how difficult it was to distribute a national paper. If you distribute things among the members of a group, you share them among those members. After his election he distributed major offices among his friends and supporters. To distribute a substance over something means to scatter it over it. Distribute the topping evenly over the fruit. |
| inflections | distributesdistributingdistributeddish out |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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