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- pronunciation:
- ae
l
keIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
allocates, allocating, allocated |
| definition 1: |
to assign or set aside (money or other resources) for some specific use.
The rest of the funds have been allocated to the building project and cannot be used for other purposes.An equal amount of space in the gallery has been allocated for each artist.
- synonyms:
- allot, allow, appropriate, assign, earmark
- similar words:
- designate, ration, reserve, specify
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| definition 2: |
to give out according to a plan; distribute by lot.
As he had requested in his will, his money was allocated to various charities.- synonyms:
- allot, apportion, dispense, distribute, divide, mete out, parcel out, share
- similar words:
- assign, deliver, disperse, disseminate, dole, impart, portion
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| related words: |
budget, charge, deal, disburse, distribute, dose, earmark, lay, set, split |
adverb + (v.)allocate
best, currently, effectively, properly, randomly, subsequently
(v.)allocate
+ adverb
accordingly, annually, approximately, efficiently, equally, fairly, specifically, wisely
(v.)allocate
+ noun
agriculture,
allowance,
aspirin,
asset,
assistance,
bandwidth,
basis,
benefit,
burden,
capital,
contribution,
cost,
credit,
debt,
dollar,
efficiency,
emission,
enforcement,
expenditure,
expense,
function,
fund,
good,
housing,
income,
infrastructure,
instruction,
investment,
labor,
land,
liability,
means,
merit,
money,
organ,
percentage,
permit,
personnel,
planning,
pollution,
portion,
production,
profit,
purchase,
radiotherapy,
referral,
relief,
resource,
responsibility,
reward,
saving,
seat,
sector,
share,
spectrum,
sum,
supply,
task,
treatment,
water,
wildlife
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| derivation: |
allocation (n.) |
The word allocate
contains the following parts:
al-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix al-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before roots beginning with the letter "l," such as "loc" and "leg." See ad-.
Example words:
loc
Latin
root
that means place
Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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