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redistribute en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɹiːˈdɪs.tɹɪb.juːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌɹi.dɪˈstɹɪb.jut/ (General-American)
  • rē-dĭ-strĭbʹyo͞ot
  • rē-dĭsʹtrĭb-yo͞ot
  • /ˌɹiː.dɪˈstɹɪb.juːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • audio Connecticut
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English distribute English redistribute From re- + distribute.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To distribute again.
    • And so new friendships were formed, and new enmities, and old friendships preserved, and old enmities. And all was agreement and disagreement and amity and enmity, as before, only redistributed. 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
    • Near-synonym: reallocate
    • The AK-47s handed in would then be registered in the database before being redistributed to new units formed as Iraq takes over security control from U.S.-led forces, he said. 2007 August 9, “M-16s a step forward for Iraqi forces, says US”, in Reuters:
  2. (transitive) To distribute differently.
    • My medicine also redistributed the fat in my body. I went from a size 6 to a size 12 at the top part of my body in two months. 2000, Johnson Publishing Company (publisher), “How To Live With AIDS: A Personal Story By Rae Lewis-Thornton”, in Jet, volume 97, number 10, page 53:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
redistributes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
redistributing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
redistributed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
redistributed Tense=Past lexicographic

Coordinates

reassign

Deriveds

redistributor

Relateds

redistribution

Synonyms

reallocate

Translations (18)

pl rozdystrybuować ponownie (distribute again) · pt redistribuir (distribute again) · bg преразпределям (distribute again) · fi jakaa uudelleen (distribute again) · ro redistribui (distribute again) · el ανακατανέμω (distribute again) · pl dystrybuować ponownie (distribute again) · fr redistribuer (distribute again) · it ridistribuire (distribute again) · ru перераспределя́ть (distribute again) · uk перерозподіли́ти (distribute again) · be пераразмеркава́ць (distribute again) · ru перераспредели́ть (distribute again) · nl herverdelen (distribute again) · be пераразмярко́ўваць (distribute again) · de umverteilen (distribute again) · uk перерозподіля́ти (distribute again) · es redistribuir (distribute again)