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# allocate

«allocate» in Mova's school dictionary: **to give out a share of something for a particular person…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (allocate, allocates, allocated, allocating)

### meaning for a pupil

To allocate is to give out a share of something for a particular person or purpose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths problems it means share or give out amounts: «allocate 30 pupils equally into 5 groups» means 6 in each. In school life: teachers allocate seats, tasks or time. In money and business: allocate money to things. Formal; everyday words: «give out», «share», «set aside».

### examples

- The teacher allocated a partner to each pupil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocate/#x1)
- We allocated 10 minutes to each question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocate/#x2)
- The club allocated money for new balls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocate/#x3)
- Seats were allocated by surname. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocate/#x4)
- Allocate 24 sweets equally among 4 children: 6 each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocate/#x5)
- Each team was allocated a room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocate/#x6)

### note

Double «l»: allocate. Noun: allocation. In maths, allocating equally means dividing. Similar formal words: allot, assign, apportion.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «allocate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.