Distributive — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

serving to distribute or allot or disperse

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈiːstɚn/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪstɹˈɪbjuːtˌɪv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪstɹˈɪbjuːtˌɪv/

4 syllables Say it as /ˈiːstɚn/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

collective

Word Forms

distribute

verb

give to several people

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verteilend

dazu dienen, zu verteilen oder zuzuteilen oder zu zerstreuen

🇫🇷French

distributif

servant à distribuer ou à attribuer ou à disperser

🇪🇸Spanish

distributivo

sirviendo para distribuir o asignar o dispersar

🇮🇹Italian

distributivo

servire a distribuire, assegnare o disperdere

🇳🇱Dutch

distributief

dienend om te verdelen of toe te wijzen of te verspreiden

🇵🇹Portuguese

distributivo

servindo para distribuir ou distribuir ou dispersar

🇷🇺Russian

распределительный

служащий для распределения, выделения или рассеивания

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विभाजित करनेवाला

वितरित करने या आवंटित करने या फैलाने की सेवा करना

🇧🇩Bengali

বিতরণকারী

পরিবেশন করা বা বরাদ্দ করা বা ছড়িয়ে দেওয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

விநியோகிக்கக்கூடிய

விநியோகிக்க அல்லது ஒதுக்க அல்லது கலைக்க உதவுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

పంపిణీ

పంపిణీ చేయడం లేదా కేటాయించడం లేదా చెదరగొట్టడం

🇮🇳Marathi

वितरणात्मक

वितरित करण्यासाठी किंवा वाटप करण्यासाठी किंवा पसरवण्यासाठी सेवा देत आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિતરણકારી

વિતરણ અથવા ફાળવણી અથવા વિખેરવા માટે સેવા આપવી

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿತರಕ

ವಿತರಿಸಲು ಅಥವಾ ಹಂಚಲು ಅಥವಾ ಚದುರಿಸಲು ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിതരണക്കാരൻ

വിതരണം ചെയ്യുന്നതിനോ അനുവദിക്കുന്നതിനോ ചിതറിക്കുന്നതിനോ സേവിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵੰਡਣ ਵਾਲਾ

ਵੰਡਣ ਜਾਂ ਅਲਾਟ ਕਰਨ ਜਾਂ ਖਿੰਡਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

تقسیم کرنے والا

تقسیم یا الاٹ یا منتشر کرنے کی خدمت کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

分配性的

用于分配、分配或驱散

🇯🇵Japanese

分配的な

分配、割り当て、または分散させるために役立つ

🇰🇷Korean

분배적인

분배하거나 할당하거나 분산시키는 역할을 합니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phân phối

phục vụ để phân phối hoặc phân bổ hoặc phân tán

🇹🇭Thai

การกระจาย

ทำหน้าที่แจกจ่ายหรือแบ่งหรือกระจาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

distributif

berfungsi untuk mendistribusikan atau membagikan atau membubarkan

🇲🇾Malay

pengedaran

berkhidmat untuk mengagihkan atau membahagikan atau menyuraikan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التوزيعية

تعمل على توزيع أو تخصيص أو تفريق

🇮🇷Persian

توزیعی

خدمت برای توزیع یا تخصیص یا پراکندگی

🇹🇷Turkish

dağıtıcı

dağıtmaya, tahsis etmeye veya dağıtmaya hizmet etmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

חלוקתי

משמש להפצה או הקצאה או פיזור

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