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Collocations for distribute - verb

1. give sth out

ADV.

equally, fairly | unequally | widely
The leaflets have been widely distributed.
free
Copies of the book were distributed free to each school in the district.

PREP.

among
We distributed the money equally among the team members.
between, to
distributing aid to people in need

2. spread sth

ADV.

evenly, uniformly
Wealth is not evenly distributed between age groups.
unevenly | randomly
Smokers were randomly distributed in the sample interviewed.
patchily, sparsely

PREP.

among, between, throughout
There are over 35,000 species of orchid distributed throughout the world.

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