distributes

VERB

allocate, deliver, spread

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administer allot apportion assign circulate disburse dispense disseminate donate give give away hand out issue present scatter share

STRONG

appropriate bestow consign convey deal diffuse disperse dispose divide endow parcel partition prorate radiate ration sow strew

WEAK

cut up deal out dish out divvy up dole out fork out lot out measure out mete pass out pay out shell out slice up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

collect conceal gather hold keep receive refrain retain take withhold

STRONG

attach combine disarrange join maintain refuse unite

WEAK

hoard preserve store

VERB

classify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrange file order

STRONG

assort categorize class group

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disarrange disorder disorganize mix up

WEAK

collect gather hoard hold keep maintain preserve store

Example Sentences

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Distributes the risk a little more, that's all, and gives the company a fund to operate successfully.

From North of Fifty-Three by Fischer, Anton Otto

Distributes prizes at London Hospital Medical College: on medical education.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John

Distributes prizes to science and art students at Greenwich: on education.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John

Distributes prizes at Manchester to competitors in Oxford middle-class examinations: on older and newer pursuits of Christian civilisation.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John

Distributes prizes to science and art students, Oldham: on education, machinery, and foreign competition.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John