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allocate
al·lo·cate A0213900 (ăl′ə-kāt′)tr.v. al·lo·cat·ed, al·lo·cat·ing, al·lo·cates 1. To set apart for a special purpose; designate: allocate a room to be used for storage.2. To distribute according to a plan; allot: allocate rations for a week-long camping trip.
[Medieval Latin allocāre, allocāt- : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin locāre, to place (from locus, place).]
al′lo·cat′a·ble adj.al′lo·ca′tion n.al′lo·ca·tor n.Synonyms: allocate, appropriate, assign, designate, earmark
These verbs mean to reserve or select for a specified purpose: allocated time for recreation; appropriated funds for public education; assigned the new computers to the science lab; designated a location for the new hospital; money that was earmarked for a vacation.allocate (ˈæləˌkeɪt) vb (tr) 1. to assign or allot for a particular purpose2. a less common word for locate2[C17: from Medieval Latin allocāre, from Latin locāre to place, from locus a place] ˈalloˌcatable adjal•lo•cate (ˈæl əˌkeɪt)
v.t. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate space for storage. [1630–40; < Medieval Latin allocātus, past participle of allocāre to stow = Latin al- al- + locāre to place; see locate] al′lo•ca`tor, n. syn: See assign. allocate
Past participle: allocated
Gerund: allocating
| Imperative |
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| allocate | | allocate |
| Present |
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| I allocate | | you allocate | | he/she/it allocates | | we allocate | | you allocate | | they allocate |
| Preterite |
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| I allocated | | you allocated | | he/she/it allocated | | we allocated | | you allocated | | they allocated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am allocating | | you are allocating | | he/she/it is allocating | | we are allocating | | you are allocating | | they are allocating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have allocated | | you have allocated | | he/she/it has allocated | | we have allocated | | you have allocated | | they have allocated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was allocating | | you were allocating | | he/she/it was allocating | | we were allocating | | you were allocating | | they were allocating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had allocated | | you had allocated | | he/she/it had allocated | | we had allocated | | you had allocated | | they had allocated |
| Future |
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| I will allocate | | you will allocate | | he/she/it will allocate | | we will allocate | | you will allocate | | they will allocate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have allocated | | you will have allocated | | he/she/it will have allocated | | we will have allocated | | you will have allocated | | they will have allocated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be allocating | | you will be allocating | | he/she/it will be allocating | | we will be allocating | | you will be allocating | | they will be allocating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been allocating | | you have been allocating | | he/she/it has been allocating | | we have been allocating | | you have been allocating | | they have been allocating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been allocating | | you will have been allocating | | he/she/it will have been allocating | | we will have been allocating | | you will have been allocating | | they will have been allocating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been allocating | | you had been allocating | | he/she/it had been allocating | | we had been allocating | | you had been allocating | | they had been allocating |
| Conditional |
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| I would allocate | | you would allocate | | he/she/it would allocate | | we would allocate | | you would allocate | | they would allocate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have allocated | | you would have allocated | | he/she/it would have allocated | | we would have allocated | | you would have allocated | | they would have allocated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  allocate - distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip"apportionallot, portion, assign - give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"reallocate, reapportion - allocate, distribute, or apportion anew; "Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data"ration out, ration - distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed"award, present - give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation" |
allocateverb assign, grant, distribute, designate, set aside, earmark, give out, consign, allow, budget, allot, mete, share out, apportion, appropriate Tickets will be allocated to those who apply first.allocateverb1. To set aside or apart for a specified purpose:appropriate, assign, designate, earmark.2. To set aside or distribute as a share:admeasure, allot, allow, apportion, assign, give, lot, measure out, mete (out).Translationsallocate (ˈӕləkeit) verb1. to give (to someone) for his own use. He allocated a room to each student. 分配 分配2. to set apart (for a particular purpose). They allocated $500 to the project. 提撥 划归ˌalloˈcation noun 分配 分配allocate
allocate (something) toTo give or portion something to a person or organization. We allocate money to charitable donations every year. Oh, I already allocated that project to Jane.See also: allocateallocate something to someone or something and allocate something between someone or something; allocate something among someone or somethingto give or assign something to someone or something. (Between with two, among with three or more.) The committee allocated the surplus cheese to the elderly people in the community. David allocated the money among all the members. He allocated the work between Fred and George. We had to allocate the money between the philanthropy and social committees.See also: allocateLegalSeeAllocationallocate
AllocateOn a balance sheet, to spread an expense over more than one accounting period. One of the most prominent examples of allocation is depreciation, which spreads the cost of an asset over a certain number of years.allocate1. To spread systematically a single monetary amount over a number of time periods, usually years. For example, depreciation allocates the cost of a capital asset over its useful life.2. To distribute cost or revenue throughout a number of operations or products. For example, a business must decide how to allocate the costs of running its headquarters over all its operations to determine the profitability of each of those operations.See ALO
See ALOallocate
Synonyms for allocateverb assignSynonyms- assign
- grant
- distribute
- designate
- set aside
- earmark
- give out
- consign
- allow
- budget
- allot
- mete
- share out
- apportion
- appropriate
Synonyms for allocateverb to set aside or apart for a specified purposeSynonyms- appropriate
- assign
- designate
- earmark
verb to set aside or distribute as a shareSynonyms- admeasure
- allot
- allow
- apportion
- assign
- give
- lot
- measure out
- mete
Synonyms for allocateverb distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purposeSynonymsRelated Words- allot
- portion
- assign
- reallocate
- reapportion
- ration out
- ration
- award
- present
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