Meaning

3 senses
  1. To set aside for a purpose.

    Please do not eat the meringue, as it is allocated for the dinner party tomorrow.

    belegen, zuordnen

    выделя́тьvydeljátʹ, вы́делитьvýdelitʹ, назнача́тьnaznačátʹ

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

  2. To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition to.

    The bulk of K–12 education funds are allocated to school districts that in turn pay for the cost of operating schools.

    zuteilen

    распределя́тьraspredeljátʹ, распредели́тьraspredelítʹ

  3. To reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program.

    allozieren

Examples

20 sentences
  1. Why am I so bad at allocating my time?

    Чому я так погано вмію розпоряджатися своїм часом?

    ruПочему у меня так плохо получается распределять время?

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  2. The medical supplies were allocated to the victims of the disaster.

    Жертвам трагедії було виділено медичні засоби.

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  3. We cannot allocate money for it.

    ruМы не можем выделить на это деньги.

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  4. I just roughly allocated it to each function.

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  5. Algeria needs to allocate resources to industry and agriculture.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to set aside for a purpose:
to distribute according to a plan:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to set aside for a purpose:
to distribute according to a plan:
computing: to reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program:

Origin

From Latin allocātus, perfect passive participle of Latin allocō (see -ate (verb-forming s

From Latin allocātus, perfect passive participle of Latin allocō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to”) + locō. Doublet of allow. By surface analysis, al- + locate.

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Forms

allocates, allocating, allocated, allocated
Base formallocate · to allocate
3rd person singularallocates
Present participleallocating
Past simpleallocated
Past participleallocated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyallocate
he, she, itallocates

Past simpleLesson

all personsallocated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave allocated
he, she, ithas allocated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill allocate

Synonyms

18 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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