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redistribute

Syllables: re·dis·trib·ute/ˌɹiː.dɪˈstɹɪb.juːt/US/ˌɹi.dɪˈstɹɪb.jut/

redistribute verb: to distribute again.

Verb

redistribute (third-person singular simple present redistributes, present participle redistributing, simple past and past participle redistributed)

  1. (transitive) To distribute again.
    • Near-synonym: reallocate
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    reallocate
  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

redistribute meaning in Tamil and Bengali

redistribute in Tamil

மீண்டும் பிரித்தளி

redistribute in Bengali

বিতরণ পুনরায় করা, আবার বিতরণ করা

Synonyms of redistribute

Forms of redistribute

third-person singular presentredistributes
present participleredistributing
past participleredistributed
pastredistributed

Past tense of redistribute: redistributed

Origin of redistribute

From re- + distribute.

Words formed from redistribute

Questions about redistribute

What does redistribute mean?
Redistribute means to distribute again.
What is redistribute in Tamil?
Redistribute in Tamil is மீண்டும் பிரித்தளி. See Redistribute meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is redistribute?
Redistribute is a verb.
How do you pronounce redistribute?
Redistribute is pronounced /ˌɹiː.dɪˈstɹɪb.juːt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of redistribute?
The past tense of redistribute is redistributed.

Words near redistribute in the dictionary

  1. redistinguished
  2. redistinguishes
  3. redistinguishing
  4. redistributable
  5. redistributables
  6. redistribute
  7. redistributed
  8. redistributer
  9. redistributers
  10. redistributes
  11. redistributing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: redistribute (page history and authors); redistribute (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redistribute (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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