ALLOCATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does allocate mean?
• ALLOCATE (verb)
The verb ALLOCATE has 1 sense:
1. distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
Familiarity information: ALLOCATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALLOCATE (verb)
Meaning:
Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
allocate; apportion
Context examples:
I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis / I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip
Hypernyms (to "allocate" is one way to...):
allot; assign; portion (give out or allot)
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
