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ALLOCATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose

Example:

I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip

Synonyms:

allocate; apportion

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "allocate" is one way to...):

allot; assign; portion (give out)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "allocate"):

reallocate; reapportion (allocate, distribute, or apportion anew)

ration; ration out (distribute in rations, as in the army)

award; present (give, especially as an honor or reward)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence examples:

They allocate the money to them

They allocate them the money

Derivation:

allocable; allocatable (capable of being distributed)

allocation ((computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions)

allocation (the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan)

allocation (a share set aside for a specific purpose)

allocator (a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion)

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