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verteilen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • allot verb To give out or assign a share of something to each person or purpose.
  • deal noun An agreement or arrangement between parties, especially a business one.
  • dispense verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
  • disperse verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
  • disseminate verb To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
  • distribute verb To divide something up and hand it out to a number of people or places.
  • fan noun A device, hand-held or powered, that moves air to cool someone or something down.
  • split verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.
  • spread verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.
  • spreading noun The act of something becoming more widely distributed or known.
  • whack verb To hit something hard and sharply.

Senses

verteilen is used for these senses in English:

  • allot (transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
  • deal (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
  • decentralize (transitive) To cause to change from being concentrated at one point or site to being distributed across several.
  • dispense To issue, distribute, or give out.
  • disperse (transitive, intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
  • disperse (transitive, intransitive) To distribute throughout.
  • disseminate (intransitive) To become widespread.
  • distribute (transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.

deal — full definition

  1. noun An agreement or arrangement between parties, especially a business one.
  2. verb To take action regarding something, or handle a situation.
  3. verb To trade or do business, especially buying and selling.
  4. verb To give out playing cards to players in a game.
  5. noun An indefinite but large amount (usually as "a great deal" or "a good deal").

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