different between distribute vs adjust

English

Etymology

From Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere (“to divide, distribute”), from dis- (“apart”) + tribuere (“to give, impart”); see tribute.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??st??bju?t/, /?d?st??bju?t/
• (General American) enPR: d?-str?b?yo?ot, IPA^(key): /d??st??bjut/
• Rhymes: -?bju?t, -?st??bju?t
• Hyphenation: dis?trib?ute

Verb

distribute (third-person singular simple present distributes, present participle distributing, simple past and past participle distributed)

2. (transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.

4. (transitive) To supply to retail outlets.

6. (transitive) To deliver or pass out.

8. (transitive) To scatter or spread.

10. (transitive) To apportion (more or less evenly).

12. (transitive) To classify or separate into categories.

14. (intransitive, mathematics) To be distributive.
15. (printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
16. (printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
17. (logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
    • 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic

      A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to.

Synonyms

• (to divide into portions and dispense): allot, dispend, parcel out; see also Thesaurus:distribute
• (to deliver or pass out): courier
• (to scatter or spread): disperse, sparble, strew; see also Thesaurus:disperse
• (to classify or separate into categories): categorize, sort; see also Thesaurus:classify

Translations

Derived terms

Further reading

• distribute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• distribute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• turbidites

Latin

Etymology

From distrib?tus, participle of distribu? (“distribute, apportion”)

Adverb

distrib?t? (comparative distrib?tius, superlative distrib?tissim?)

1. orderly, methodically

Related terms

• distribu?
• distrib?ti?
• distrib?tus

References

• distribute in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

English

Etymology

From Middle English ajusten, borrowed from Middle French adjuster, or Old French, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (“correct, proper, exact”). Probably influenced in sense by Old French ajouster (cf. modern ajouter), from Vulgar Latin *adiuxt?re, from Latin iuxta. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etymology from Latin iustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

adjust (third-person singular simple present adjusts, present participle adjusting, simple past and past participle adjusted)

1. (transitive) To modify.

2. (transitive) To improve or rectify.

3. (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
4. (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

Synonyms

• (to modify something): change, edit, modify, set

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Adjustment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• udjats