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Word: Distributive
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: from Old French distributif, -ive or late Latin distributivus, from Latin distribut- ‘divided up’, from the verb distribuere (see distribute)
dɪˈstrɪbjʊtɪv
concerned with the supply of goods to retailers
Short Definition:concerned with supply of goods
Examples:- transport and distributive industries
(of a determiner or pronoun) referring to each individual of a class, not to the class collectively, e.g. each, either.
Short Definition:(of determiner or pronoun) referring to each individual
(of an operation) fulfilling the condition that, when it is performed on two or more quantities already combined by another operation, the result is the same as when it is performed on each quantity individually and the products then combined.
Short Definition:relating to mathematical operation
Word: Distributive
Speech Type: Noun
dɪˈstrɪbjʊtɪv
a distributive word.
Short Definition:distributive word
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