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allotal‧lot /əˈlɒt $ əˈlɑːt/ verb (past tense and past participle allotted, present participle allotting) [transitive] allotOrigin: 1400-1500 Old French aloter, from lot ‘person's share’ VERB TABLEallot |
Present | I, you, we, they | allot | | he, she, it | allots | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | allotted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have allotted | | he, she, it | has allotted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had allotted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will allot | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have allotted |
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Present | I | am allotting | | he, she, it | is allotting | | you, we, they | are allotting | Past | I, he, she, it | was allotting | | you, we, they | were allotting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been allotting | | he, she, it | has been allotting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been allotting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be allotting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been allotting |
- Each, regardless of seniority or committee assignment, is allotted eighteen employees.
- He has a room allotted in the social sciences department and special arrangements with the university domestic staff.
- Lincoln felt that McClellan had not allotted an adequate force to the defense of Washington.
- Once the tasks were allotted to the newly-recruited committee members, the meeting then turned its attention to the lawyers.
- Susan was alone in the double sleeping-space which had been allotted to Michael and her for the night.
- Their chances rose or fell depending upon the country to which they had been allotted.
- We will need to use all the clues at hand if we are to find the site in our allotted two dives.
to officially give something to someone► award to officially give someone something such as a prize, money etc, especially as a reward for their hard work or for something they have done: award somebody something: · She was awarded the Nobel Prize for her work in medical research.· The management have awarded all factory employees a 5% pay increase. award somebody compensation/damages etc: · A woman who suffered brain damage during an operation has been awarded $300,000 in compensation. ► present to give someone something at an official ceremony: present a prize/medal/trophy/certificate/award etc: · Who's going to present the prizes this year?· The trophy will be presented by last year's winner, Brett Butler. present something to somebody: · A little girl presented a basket of flowers to the President's wife.present somebody with something: · Last night Phil Donahue was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. ► grant to formally or officially give someone something that they have asked for, especially permission to do something: · The company's application to build a billion dollar leisure complex has been granted by city hall.grant somebody something: · The authorities have refused to grant him a visa to visit the US.grant somebody's request: · I am pleased to inform you that your request for housing benefit has been granted. ► confer formal: confer a degree/honour/title etc to officially give someone a degree, honour etc especially as a reward for something they have achieved: confer something on somebody: · The university has already conferred honorary degrees on several prime ministers.confer on somebody something: · The President trusted him so much that he conferred on him the role of "Principal Advisor". ► allocate if someone in authority allocates something such as money, a house, a job etc to someone, they decide to give that person some of the money, or one of the houses, jobs etc that are available: allocate something to somebody: · The company has allocated $1000 to the team to get the project started.allocate somebody something: · Several single parent families have been allocated homes on the new site. ► allotted: allotted money/time/space etc the money, time etc that has been officially given or allowed to someone in order for them to do something: · This department has already spent all its allotted budget.· David wasn't able to finish the task within the allotted time. ► allot somebody something Everyone who works for the company has been allotted ten shares. NOUN► time· Unfortunately F and H's waffle had used up the allotted time.· Even as a boy allotted my time.· The allotted air time had expired.· We stand by, waiting for the front to pass by or for our allotted time at sea to run out.· It is also up to you to allot time for the interviews so that you can send candidates accurate appointments.· This schedule also allots time every afternoon for the teacher to work with children in small group settings.· If you allot your time, you can accomplish fantastic things.· In rehearsal, everything went smoothly as volunteers ran on to the field and unfurled the tarp in the allotted time. to use a particular amount of time for something, or give a particular share of money, space etc to someone or something SYN allocateallot something to something/somebody Try and allot two or three hours a day to revision. Each school will be allotted twenty seats.allot somebody something Everyone who works for the company has been allotted ten shares.—allotted adjective [only before noun]: The department has already spent more than its allotted budget. |