redistribute

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ distribute.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rē-dĭ-strĭbʹyo͞ot, rē-dĭsʹtrĭb-yo͞ot
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiː.dɪˈstɹɪb.juːt/, /ˌɹiːˈdɪs.tɹɪb.juːt/

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  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹi.dɪˈstɹɪb.jut/

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• Hyphenation: re‧dis‧trib‧ute

Verb

redistribute (third-person singular simple present redistributes, present participle redistributing, simple past and past participle redistributed)

1. (transitive) To distribute again.

   Coordinate term: reassign

   Near-synonym: reallocate

   • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:

     And so new friendships were formed, and new enmities, and old friendships preserved, and old enmities. And all was agreement and disagreement and amity and enmity, as before, only redistributed.

Related terms

• redistribution

Translations

distribute again

• Belarusian: пераразмярко́ўваць impf (pjerarazmjarkóŭvacʹ), пераразмеркава́ць pf (pjerarazmjerkavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: преразпределям (prerazpredeljam)
• Finnish: jakaa uudelleen
• French: redistribuer (fr)
• Greek: ανακατανέμω (el) (anakatanémo)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: ridistribuire
• Polish: dystrybuować ponownie impf, rozdystrybuować ponownie pf
• Portuguese: redistribuir
• Romanian: redistribui (ro)
• Russian: перераспределя́ть (ru) impf (pereraspredeljátʹ), перераспредели́ть (ru) pf (pereraspredelítʹ)
• Spanish: redistribuir (es)
• Ukrainian: перерозподіля́ти impf (pererozpodiljáty), перерозподіли́ти pf (pererozpodilýty)