distributed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of distribute. Use this form for something already given out or shared.

   The teacher distributed the worksheets to each student.

   Free tickets were distributed at the entrance.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Spread out over a fairly large area instead of grouped in one place.

   Like seeds scattered all over a field instead of left in one pile.

   Wildflowers are distributed across the entire meadow.

   The distributed villages made building roads slow and costly.

   Similarscattered, dispersed

   Oppositeconcentrated, clustered

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3. 3
   adjective

   Using many separate computers that work together instead of just one.

   Like a group of friends sharing one big job so no single person has to do it all.

   A distributed network keeps running even when one computer breaks down.

   These days, large websites are distributed across many machines.

   Similardecentralized

   Oppositecentralized

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