"redistribute" meaning in English

See redistribute in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˌrɪːdɪˈstrɪbjuːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-redistribute.wav [UK], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-redistribute.wav [US] Forms: redistribute [canonical], redistributes [third-person, singular], redistributed [past], redistributed [past, participle], redistributing [present, participle]
enPR: rē-dĭ-strĭbʹyo͞ot Etymology: re- + distribute Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|distribute}} re- + distribute Head templates: {{verb|redistribut|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you redistribute something, you distribute it again.
    Sense id: simple-redistribute-en-verb-Ti2v-oAa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with re-
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