adjective

distributed

distributed, spread out, dispersed

The company has a distributed workforce.

The company has a distributed workforce.

These are the distributed materials for the meeting.

These are the distributed materials for the meeting.

((a distributed sth.)) a spread out (sth.) The company has a distributed workforce.

Synonyms: spread, scattered, dispersed; Antonyms: centralized, concentrated

From Latin 'dis-' (apart) + 'tribuere' (to allot). Meaning 'allotted apart'.

Think of items being 'distributed' or spread out from a central point to various locations.

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