redistribute

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ˌɹiː.dɪˈstɹɪb.juːt/
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/ˌɹiː.dɪˈstɹɪb.juːt/ · /ˌɹiːˈdɪs.tɹɪb.juːt/ · /ˌɹi.dɪˈstɹɪb.jut/

Definition of redistribute

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  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.”
    “The AK-47s handed in would then be registered in the database before being redistributed to new units formed as Iraq takes over security control from U.S.-led forces, he said.”
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verb

  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.”
    “The AK-47s handed in would then be registered in the database before being redistributed to new units formed as Iraq takes over security control from U.S.-led forces, he said.”
  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.”

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Etymology

From re- + distribute.

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