Synonyms for distribution
ˌdɪs trəˈbyu ʃəndis·tri·bu·tion

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1. distribution, statistical distributionnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   statistical distribution, dispersion

   Antonyms:
   concentration, tightness, denseness, density, compactness

2. distribution, dispersionnoun

   the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume

   "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution"

   Synonyms:
   scattering, dissemination, statistical distribution, diffusion, dispersion, dispersal

   Antonyms:
   concentration, denseness, density, compactness, tightness

3. distributionnoun

   the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning

   Synonyms:
   statistical distribution, dispersion

   Antonyms:
   tightness, compactness, concentration, density, denseness

4. distributionnoun

   the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer

   Synonyms:
   statistical distribution, dispersion

   Antonyms:
   concentration, tightness, denseness, compactness, density

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1. • Act
   • Arrangement
   • Commerce
   • Statistics

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1. distributionnoun

   Synonyms:
   apportionment, allotment, assignment, dole, partition, division, dispensation

2. distributionnoun

   Synonyms:
   arrangement, classification, disposal, disposition, grouping

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1. distributionnoun

   Synonyms:
   apportionment, allotment, dispensing, partition, division, dole, disposition, classification, grouping, arrangement

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1. List of paraphrases for "distribution":

   allocation, distributing, apportionment, breakdown, distributions, dissemination, distribute, circulation, distributional, distributed, sharing, dispensing, distributive, division, diffusion, delivery, syndication, share-out, pattern, redistribution, layout, distributorship, supply, répartition, spread, mailing, dist, distributor, circulated, range, indicatively, carriage, distributive-trade, apportioning, representation, occurrence, timing, allocate, disseminating

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1. Tom Painter:

   We measure snowpack wall-to-wall over mountains from aircraft using lasers and spectrometers, from that information, we can then know the full distribution of how much water there is in a mountain snowpack and also how fast it’s going to melt. That’s allowed us then to change forecast errors from being pretty large to very small and really dramatically changed water management in the west.

2. Commission Chairwoman Betty Ann Kane:

   Pepco would become a second-tier company in a much larger corporation whose primary interest is not in distribution, but in generation.

3. Scott Gottlieb:

   Such operations and illegal online pharmacies take advantage of unsuspecting Americans by purporting to distribute safe and effective imported drugs, at least some of which are instead expired, mislabeled, subject to recalls or potentially counterfeit and that are provided outside of the closed American distribution system meant to protect patient safety.

4. Jennifer Mercieca:

   What's different now is that there are so many more nodes for the distribution of propaganda, we have the problem that we always have on social media of having too much information and not being able to sort through that and filter it to say what is real and what is not real. One thing that we always observe when there's a crisis or a natural disaster is that people will circulate content that they know is fake.

5. Ettore Scola:

   My experience in the film making world is not what it used to be: easy and happy. There are production and distribution requirements that I can no longer identify with.