redistribute

From re- +‎ distribute.

• enPR: rē-dĭ-strĭbʹyo͞ot, rē-dĭsʹtrĭb-yo͞ot
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiː.dɪˈstɹɪb.juːt/, /ˌɹiːˈdɪs.tɹɪb.juːt/

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  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹi.dɪˈstɹɪb.jut/

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• Hyphenation: re‧dis‧trib‧ute

redistribute (third-person singular simple present redistributes, present participle redistributing, simple past and past participle redistributed)

1. (transitive) To distribute again.

   Coordinate term: reassign

   Near-synonym: reallocate

   • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:

     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.

   • 2007 August 9, “M-16s a step forward for Iraqi forces, says US”, in Reuters‎^[1]:

     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.

• redistribution