| dissemination | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. airing, dissemination, public exposure, spreading | the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate. |
| ~ transmission | communication by means of transmitted signals. |
| ~ circulation | the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines). |
| ~ propagation, extension | the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. diffusion, dissemination | the property of being diffused or dispersed. |
| ~ dispersion, distribution | the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume.; "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution" |
| n. (act) | 3. diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination | the act of dispersing or diffusing something.; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge" |
| ~ spreading, spread | act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time. |
| ~ crop-dusting, spraying | the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft). |
| distribution | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. distribution, statistical distribution | (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence. |
| ~ organization, arrangement, organisation, system | an organized structure for arranging or classifying.; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" |
| ~ equidistribution | a flat distribution having equal frequencies of occurrence. |
| ~ statistics | a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters. |
| ~ frequency distribution | a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable. |
| ~ gaussian distribution, normal distribution | a theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance. |
| ~ poisson distribution | a theoretical distribution that is a good approximation to the binomial distribution when the probability is small and the number of trials is large. |
| ~ sample distribution, sample, sampling | items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population. |
| ~ bernoulli distribution, binomial distribution | a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. dispersion, distribution | the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume.; "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution" |
| ~ spatial arrangement, spacing | the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them. |
| ~ complementary distribution, complementation | (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts. |
| ~ diaspora | the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture). |
| ~ dissemination, diffusion | the property of being diffused or dispersed. |
| ~ innervation | the distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body region. |
| ~ scatter, spread | a haphazard distribution in all directions. |
| n. (act) | 3. distribution | the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning. |
| ~ human action, human activity, act, deed | something that people do or cause to happen. |
| ~ assigning, assignment | the act of distributing something to designated places or persons.; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum" |
| ~ redistribution | distributing again.; "the revolution resulted in a redistribution of wealth" |
| ~ dispensation | the act of dispensing (giving out in portions). |
| ~ apportioning, apportionment, parceling, parcelling, allocation, allotment, assignation | the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan.; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" |
| ~ deal | the act of distributing playing cards.; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise" |
| ~ revenue sharing | distribution of part of the federal tax income to states and municipalities. |
| ~ share-out, sharing | a distribution in shares. |
| n. (act) | 4. distribution | the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer. |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ marketing | the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service.; "most companies have a manager in charge of marketing" |
| distribute | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out | administer or bestow, as in small portions.; "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" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ allot, portion, assign | give out.; "We were assigned new uniforms" |
| ~ reallot | allot again.; "They were realloted additional farm land" |
| ~ deal | distribute cards to the players in a game.; "Who's dealing?" |
| ~ apply, give | give or convey physically.; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose" |
| v. (contact) | 2. distribute, spread | distribute or disperse widely.; "The invaders spread their language all over the country" |
| ~ generalise, generalize | become systemic and spread throughout the body.; "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system" |
| ~ metastasise, metastasize | spread throughout the body.; "the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved" |
| ~ discharge | pour forth or release.; "discharge liquids" |
| ~ strew, straw | spread by scattering (.; "straw"; "strew toys all over the carpet" |
| ~ export | cause to spread in another part of the world.; "The Russians exported Marxism to Africa" |
| ~ propagate | transmit or cause to broaden or spread.; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land" |
| ~ deploy | to distribute systematically or strategically.; "The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East" |
| ~ redistribute | distribute anew.; "redistribute the troops more strategically" |
| ~ sprawl, straggle | go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way.; "Branches straggling out quite far" |
| ~ diffuse, fan out, spread out, spread | move outward.; "The soldiers fanned out" |
| v. (social) | 3. distribute | make available.; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia" |
| ~ transfer | cause to change ownership.; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" |
| ~ issue, supply | circulate or distribute or equip with.; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" |
| ~ reticulate | distribute by a network, as of water or electricity. |
| v. (possession) | 4. distribute, give out, hand out, pass out | give to several people.; "The teacher handed out the exams" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| ~ divvy up, portion out, apportion, share, deal | give out as one's portion or share. |
| v. (motion) | 5. circulate, distribute, pass around, pass on | cause be distributed.; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ send around | forward to others.; "he is sending around an appeal for funds" |
| ~ utter | put into circulation.; "utter counterfeit currency" |
| ~ spread out, scatter, spread | strew or distribute over an area.; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table" |
| v. (communication) | 6. broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread | cause to become widely known.; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" |
| ~ publicize, bare, publicise, air | make public.; "She aired her opinions on welfare" |
| ~ podcast | distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer. |
| ~ sow | introduce into an environment.; "sow suspicion or beliefs" |
| ~ circulate, go around, spread | become widely known and passed on.; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" |
| ~ circulate, go around, spread | become widely known and passed on.; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" |
| ~ popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, generalise, generalize | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use.; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" |
| ~ carry, run | include as the content; broadcast or publicize.; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference" |
| v. (stative) | 7. distribute | spread throughout a given area.; "the function distributes the values evenly" |
| ~ spread out, scatter, spread | strew or distribute over an area.; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table" |
| ~ distribute | be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses.; "Values distribute" |
| v. (stative) | 8. distribute | be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses.; "Values distribute" |
| ~ exist, be | have an existence, be extant.; "Is there a God?" |
| ~ distribute | spread throughout a given area.; "the function distributes the values evenly" |
| v. (stative) | 9. distribute | be mathematically distributive. |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (contact) | 10. distribute, stagger | to arrange in a systematic order.; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| give out | | |
| v. (weather) | 1. emit, give off, give out | give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc..; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits" |
| ~ effuse | give out or emit (also metaphorically).; "The room effuses happiness" |
| ~ shine, reflect | be bright by reflecting or casting light.; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" |
| ~ spark, sparkle | emit or produce sparks.; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark" |
| ~ radiate | send out rays or waves.; "The sun radiates heat" |
| ~ scintillate | give off.; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes" |
| ~ fume, smoke | emit a cloud of fine particles.; "The chimney was fuming" |
| ~ reek | give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc..; "Marshes reeking in the sun" |
| ~ shoot | emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully.; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth" |
| ~ ray | emit as rays.; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky" |
| ~ steam | emit steam.; "The rain forest was literally steaming" |
| v. (change) | 2. fail, give out, run out | prove insufficient.; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" |
| v. (change) | 3. break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ break | render inoperable or ineffective.; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ go down, crash | stop operating.; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" |
| ~ blow out, burn out, blow | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable.; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" |
| ~ misfire | fail to fire or detonate.; "The guns misfired" |
| ~ malfunction, misfunction | fail to function or function improperly.; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" |
| divvy up | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. apportion, deal, divvy up, portion out, share | give out as one's portion or share. |
| ~ divide, part, separate | come apart.; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" |
| ~ hand out, give out, pass out, distribute | give to several people.; "The teacher handed out the exams" |
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