verb
Meaning 1
To distribute again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Near-synonym: reallocate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reallocate
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
redistribute
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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rē-dĭ-strĭbʹyo͞ot
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rē-dĭsʹtrĭb-yo͞ot
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹiː.dɪˈstɹɪb.juːt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈdɪs.tɹɪb.juːt/
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General-American: /ˌɹi.dɪˈstɹɪb.jut/
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CMU ARPABET: R IY2 D IH0 S T R IH1 B Y UW0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To distribute differently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
distribute anew
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- redistribute the troops more strategically
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spread, distribute
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English distribute English redistribute From re- + distribute.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: пераразмярко́ўваць (pjerarazmjarkówvacʹ) — distribute again
- Belarusian: пераразмеркава́ць (pjerarazmjerkavácʹ) — distribute again
- Bulgarian: преразпределям (prerazpredeljam) — distribute again
- Dutch: herverdelen — distribute again
- Finnish: jakaa uudelleen — distribute again
- French: redistribuer — distribute again
- German: umverteilen — distribute again
- Greek: ανακατανέμω (anakatanémo) — distribute again
- Italian: ridistribuire — distribute again
- Polish: dystrybuować ponownie — distribute again
- Polish: rozdystrybuować ponownie — distribute again
- Portuguese: redistribuir — distribute again
- Romanian: redistribui — distribute again
- Russian: перераспределя́ть (pereraspredeljátʹ) — distribute again
- Russian: перераспредели́ть (pereraspredelítʹ) — distribute again
- Spanish: redistribuir — distribute again
- Ukrainian: перерозподіля́ти (pererozpodiljáty) — distribute again
- Ukrainian: перерозподіли́ти (pererozpodilýty) — distribute again