verb
redistribute
Redistribute (verb) means to share or hand out something once more.
verb
1
To share or hand out something once more.
"The AK-47s handed in would then be registered in the database before being redistributed to new units formed as Iraq takes over security control from U.S.-led forces, he said."
— , M-16s a step forward for Iraqi forces, says US (2007)
"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."
— Samuel Beckett, Watt (1953)
2
To share or hand out something in a different way.
"My medicine also redistributed the fat in my body. I went from a size 6 to a size 12 at the top part of my body in two months."
— Johnson Publishing Company (publisher), How To Live With AIDS: A Personal Story By Rae Lewis-Thornton (2000)
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What is the meaning of redistribute?
"redistribute" (verb) means to share or hand out something once more.
What are the different meanings of redistribute?
"redistribute" has 2 main meanings: 1. To share or hand out something once more; 2. To share or hand out something in a different way.
