To divide and give out in shares; to deal out or allot. The teacher will distribute the worksheets to the students.
To spread or scatter over an area. The farmer distributed seeds across the field.
To supply goods to retailers or consumers. The company distributes its products to stores nationwide.
To arrange or position something in a particular way. The decorator distributed the furniture evenly around the room.
(Mathematics) To apply the distributive property of multiplication over addition or subtraction to an algebraic expression. To simplify the expression, first distribute the 5 to each term inside the parentheses.