how to pronounce distributive
/dɪsˈtɹɪbjutɪv/
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distributive is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of distributive in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… a single issue distributive negotiation …”
meanings of distributive
adjective:
- Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
- Relating to distribution.
- Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.
- A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.
- Assigning the species of a general term.
noun:
- A distributive adjective or pronoun.
- Distributive case.
- A distributive numeral.
distributive frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word distributive occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics distributive can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that distributive can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) communication, information, and media;
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