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distribution

noun

The act of distributing or spreading or apportioning

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Word Facts

Word length
12
Starts with
D
Ends with
N
Contains
IS
Scrabble score
15
CEFR level
B1

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˌdɪstɹəˈbjuːʃən

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noun

  1. The act of distributing or spreading or apportioning

noun

  1. The commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer

noun

  1. The spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume

    “Worldwide in distribution”

noun

  1. (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

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Example Sentences

Worldwide in distribution
The distribution of nerve fibers
In complementary distribution

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