distributed
AdjectiveUS[dih-strib-yuh-tuhd]/dɪˈstrɪbjətəd/4 syllables
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Adjective (1)
- spread out or scattered about or divided upOpposite concentratedSimilar dispersed, scattered, sparse, separated, far-flung, apportioned, fanned, diffuse +10 moreSee also distributive
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
distributed adjective
1. spread from a central location to multiple points or recipients. Opposite of concentrated. [Narrower terms: apportioned, dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out; diffuse, diffused; dispensed; dispersed, spread; divided, divided up, shared, shared out on the basis of a plan or purpose); encyclical; rationed; scattered, widespread; sparse, thin; unfocused, unfocussed] Also See: distributive.
2. spread among a variety of securities; — of investments. Syn. — diversified.
Distributing to the necessity of saints.— Rom. xii. 13.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC, WordNet 1.5