simple past tense and past participle of distribute
"The teacher distributed the worksheets to every student before class began."
In plain English: To distribute means to give out or share something among several people.
"The company distributed free samples to customers at the mall."
Usage: Use "distributed" to describe something that has been given out or spread among many people or places. Avoid using it when you mean to place items in a specific order, which requires the word "arranged."
spread out or scattered about or divided up
"The new employees were distributed across different departments to ensure a balanced workload throughout the office."
Derived from Latin distributus, the past participle of distribuere meaning "to divide out" or "share among." It entered English in the late 14th century to describe something allocated across multiple locations.