distributeとは

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /dɨˈstɹɪbjuːt/, /ˈdɪstɹɨbjuːt/
• (General American) enPR: dĭ-strĭbʹyo͞ot, IPA^(key): /dɪˈstɹɪbjut/
• 韻: -ɪbjuːt, -ɪstɹɪbjuːt
• ハイフネーション: dis‧trib‧ute

動詞

distribute (三人称単数 現在形 distributes, 現在分詞 distributing, 過去形および過去分詞形 distributed)

1. (transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.

   He distributed the bread amongst his followers.

2. (transitive) To supply to retail outlets.

   The agency distributes newspapers to local shops.

3. (transitive) To deliver or pass out.

   A network of children distributes flyers to every house.

4. (transitive) To scatter or spread.

   I raked the soil then distributed grass seed.

5. (transitive) To apportion (more または less evenly).

   The robot's six legs distributed its weight over a wide area.

6. (transitive) To classify or separate into categories.

   The database distributed verbs into transitive and intransitive segments.

7. (intransitive, mathematics) To be distributive.
8. (printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
9. (printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
10. (logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
    • Whately

      A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to.

派生語

Further reading

• distribute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• distribute in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

アナグラム

• turbidites

Latin

語源

From distribūtus, participle of distribuō (“distribute, apportion”)

副詞

distribūtē (comparative distribūtius, superlative distribūtissimē)

1. orderly, methodically

関連する語

• distribuō
• distribūtiō
• distribūtus

参照

• distribute in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)