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redistributing

Syllables: re·dis·trib·ut·ing/ˌɹiːdɪˈstɹɪbjuːtɪŋ/

redistributing is the present participle and gerund of redistribute.

Meaning of redistribute

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
    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

Questions about redistributing

What is redistributing the present participle and gerund of?
Redistributing is the present participle and gerund of redistribute.
How do you pronounce redistributing?
Redistributing is pronounced /ˌɹiːdɪˈstɹɪbjuːtɪŋ/.

Words near redistributing in the dictionary

  1. redistribute
  2. redistributed
  3. redistributer
  4. redistributers
  5. redistributes
  6. redistributing
  7. redistribution
  8. redistribution of wealth
  9. redistributional
  10. redistributionism
  11. redistributionist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: redistributing (page history and authors); redistribute (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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