distributive (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *distributive*:
ADJECTIVE	all	distributive	serving to distribute or allot / allot or disperse

distributive > pronunciation
Sounds	dihstrih'byuwtihv
Rhymes	abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv...

English > *distributive*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Serving to distribute or allot / allot or disperse.
Narrower	allocable, allocatable, apportionable	capable of being distributed
	diffusing, diffusive, dispersive, disseminative	Spreading by diffusion
	immanent	Of qualities that are spread throughout something
	permeant, permeating, permeative, pervasive	Spreading or spread throughout
	separative	(of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group
	suffusive	Spreading through
See also	distributed	Spread out or scattered about or divided up
See also	divided	separated into parts or pieces
Opposite	collective	forming a whole or aggregate
Spanish	distribuidor, distributivo
Catalan	distribuïdor
Adverbs	distributively	as individuals or as separate units (not collectively)
Verbs	distribute	give to several people

HyperDic: distributive