Allocate vs. Distribute
Allocate and Distribute Definitions
Allocate
To set apart for a special purpose; designate
Allocate a room to be used for storage.
Distribute
To divide and dispense in portions.
Allocate
To distribute according to a plan; allot
Allocate rations for a week-long camping trip.
Distribute
To supply (goods) to retailers.
Allocate
To set aside for a purpose.
Please do not eat the meringue, as it is allocated for the dinner party tomorrow.
Distribute
To deliver or pass out
Distributing handbills on the street.
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Allocate
To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition to.
The bulk of K–12 education funds are allocated to school districts that in turn pay for the cost of operating schools.
Distribute
To place in separate pieces or examples over an area; scatter
Distribute grass seed over the lawn.
Allocate
(computing) To reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program.
Distribute
To apportion so as to be evenly spread throughout a given area
180 pounds of muscle that were well distributed over his 6-foot frame.
Allocate
To distribute or assign; to allot.
Distribute
To separate into categories; classify.
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Allocate
To localize.
Distribute
(Logic) To use (a term) so as to include all individuals or entities of a given class.
Allocate
Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose;
I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis
I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip
Distribute
(Mathematics) To be distributive. If a × (b + c) = a × b + a × c, then × distributes over +.
Distribute
(transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.
He distributed the bread amongst his followers.
Distribute
(transitive) To supply to retail outlets.
The agency distributes newspapers to local shops.
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Distribute
(transitive) To deliver or pass out.
A network of children distributes flyers to every house.
Distribute
(transitive) To scatter or spread.
I raked the soil then distributed grass seed.
Distribute
(transitive) To apportion (more or less evenly).
The robot's six legs distributed its weight over a wide area.
Distribute
(transitive) To classify or separate into categories.
The database distributed verbs into transitive and intransitive segments.
Distribute
To be distributive.
Distribute
(printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
Distribute
(printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
Distribute
(logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
Distribute
(business) To have employees working remotely from multiple locations.
Distributed business; distributed employee
Distribute
To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
She did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred.
Distribute
To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice.
Distribute
To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.
Distribute
To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
Distribute
To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to.
Distribute
To make distribution.
Distribute
Administer or bestow, as in small portions;
Administer critical remarks to everyone present
Dole out some money
Shell out pocket money for the children
Deal a blow to someone
Distribute
Distribute or disperse widely;
The invaders spread their language all over the country
Distribute
Make available;
The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia
Distribute
Give out;
The teacher handed out the exams
Distribute
Cause to be distributed;
This letter is circulating among the faculty
Distribute
Cause to become widely known;
Spread information
Circulate a rumor
Broadcast the news
Distribute
Spread throughout a given area;
The function distributes the values evenly
Distribute
Be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses;
Values distribute
Distribute
Be mathematically distributive
Distribute
To arrange in a systematic order;
Stagger the chairs in the lecture hall
