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What is the verb for distribution?

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distribute
  1. (transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.
  2. (transitive) To supply to retail outlets.
  3. (transitive) To deliver or pass out.
  4. (transitive) To scatter or spread.
  5. (transitive) To apportion (more or less evenly).
  6. (transitive) To classify or separate into categories.
  7. (mathematics) To be distributive.
  8. (printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
  9. (printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
  10. (logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
  11. Synonyms:
      12. allocate, apportion, allot, assign, deal, divide, share, portion, prorate, ration, appropriate, consign, disburse, disseminate, lot, mete, parcel, partition, divide up, divvy up, mete out, parcel out, divide out, ration out, share out, cut up, lot out, measure out, slice up, dispense, divvy, dole out, hand out, give out, deal out, administer, dish out, admeasure, split, give, portion out, carve up, issue, allow, split up, disperse, measure, bestow, grant, dole … more
  12. Examples:
      13. “The major difference is that a nonprofit corporation cannot distribute profits to shareholders.”
      “They developed a network to distribute the newspaper across the nation.”
      “Evolving migration patterns would cause the species to distribute itself across various continents.”
distributes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distribute
  2. Synonyms:
      3. issues, supplies, circulates, disseminates, allots, assigns, allocates, apportions, delivers, dispatches, dispenses, equips, furnishes, accoutres, administers, affords, appropriates, bestows, consigns, deals out, endows, favors, gives, gives out, grants, hands out, outfits, provides, provisions, diffuses, disburses, dishes out, disperses, divvies up, doles out, favours, fits out, fits up, fixes up, gives away, kits out, metes out, offers, passes around, passes out, presents, rigs out, stocks, accommodates, arms … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “People donate items of furniture to the society who then distributes them to disadvantaged families.”
      “For example, a skeleton pirouettes and does a handstand to show how the body distributes force.”
      “A guy wearing a strange tin mask distributes free passes to the screening of a new horror film to some young, perky college girls.”
distributeth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of distribute
distributest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of distribute
distributed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of distribute
  2. Synonyms:
      3. allowed, lotted, rationed, admeasured, meted out, cut up, allocated, apportioned, allotted, assigned, shared, divided, dealt, portioned, prorated, appropriated, consigned, disbursed, disseminated, parceled, rationed out, partitioned, divided up, divided out, meted, parcelled, shared out, divvied up, sliced up, parceled out, parcelled out, lotted out, measured out, dispensed, doled out, handed out, dealt out, dished out, administered, divvied, issued, cut, split up, given out, gave out, split, passed out, bestowed, passed round, portioned out … more
distributing
  1. present participle of distribute
  2. Synonyms:
      3. allocating, apportioning, allotting, assigning, dealing, dividing, sharing, portioning, prorating, rationing, appropriating, consigning, disbursing, disseminating, lotting, meting, parceling, parcelling, partitioning, dividing up, divvying up, meting out, parceling out, parcelling out, dividing out, rationing out, sharing out, cutting up, lotting out, measuring out, slicing up, delivering, supplying, circulating, conveying, dispensing, transmitting, administering, issuing, presenting, giving out, handing out, passing on, passing round, dealing out, handing round, doling out, dishing out, passing out, giving away … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The warehousemen are responsible for distributing food supplies to the program's school cafeterias in the north of Haiti.”
      “Methods of distributing alternative monies and ensuring their acceptability as payment are still being ironed out.”
      “Kanyaka also became a distributing centre for food, blankets and rations for Aborigines in the area.”
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