Redistribute

/ˌɹiː.dɪˈstɹɪb.juːt/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To distribute again..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To distribute again.
2. (transitive) To distribute differently.

Example Sentences

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.

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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Word Forms

• redistributes
• redistributing
• redistributed

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