distribution

The word “distribution” has 4 syllables: dis-tri-bu-tion

It's pronounced as /ˌdɪstrəˈbjuːʃən/

What is synonym and antonym for distribution?

In the thesaurus, “distribution” has 70 synonyms and 18 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for distribution along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for distribution

admeasurement
administration
aligning
alignment
allocation
alloting
allotment
apportioning
apportionment
arrangement
array
assessment
assigning
assortment
chain
circulating
circulation
continuity
dealing
delivery
design
diffusion
disbursement
dispensation
dispersal
disposal
disposition
dissemination
dissipating
division
dole
grouping
handing out
handling
issuance
layout
lining up
location
mailing
marketing
order
ordering
organization
partition
pattern
placement
precedence
priority
procession
progression
propagation
rationing
reallocation
reapportionment
redistribution
redivision
repartition
scattering
separation
sequence
series
setup
sharing
spreading
structure
succession
system
trading
transport
transportation

Antonyms for distribution

collection
confusion
disconnection
disjointedness
disorder
disorganization
disruption
gathering
hoard
hoarding
hold
juncture
keeping
maintenance
retention
store
unity
upset

Meanings of distribution

noun
1. An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
2. An apportionment by law (of funds, property).
3. The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.
4. Anything distributed; portion; share.
5. The result of distributing; arrangement.
6. The total number of something sold or delivered to the clients.
7. The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
8. The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.
9. The way in which a player's hand is divided in suits, or in which a particular suit is divided between the players.
10. A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.
11. A subset of the tangent bundle of a manifold that satisfies certain properties; used to construct the notions of integrability and foliation of a manifold.
12. A set of bundled software components; distro.
13. The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.
14. The resolution of a whole into its parts.
15. The process of sorting the types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.
16. (steam engines) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston: admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.
17. A rhetorical technique in which a subject is divided into multiple cases based on some property or properties, and each case is addressed individually.

Example Sentences

The company manages the distribution of products nationwide.
Fair distribution of resources is important for development.
The distribution of income affects social equality.
They improved the distribution system to reduce delays.
The report analyzes the distribution of population across regions.

On this page you'll find 88 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to distribution, such as: admeasurement, administration, aligning, alignment, allocation, alloting, allotment.

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