Word of the Day:
distribute
What It Means
To divide into portions and dispense.
The database distributed verbs into transitive and intransitive segments.
Distribute in Context
“With an election not much more than a year away, distributing HS2's money into roads is pork barrel politics. Or at least it would be if the money existed.”
Did You Know?
PIE word *tréyes From Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere (“to divide, distribute”), from dis- (“apart”) + tribuere (“to give, impart”); see tribute.
Source and license
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