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# allotted

«allotted» in Mova's school dictionary: **given out as a share for a purpose: "each team has an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (allotted); also the past form of the verb allot (allot, allots, allotted, allotting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Allotted means given out as a share for a purpose: "each team has an allotted area". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allotted/#m1)

2) An allotted time is the amount of time you are given to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allotted/#m2)

3) (verb) To allot means to give or share out a set amount: "the teacher allotted ten minutes to each group". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allotted/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths problems allotted time or money is a fixed amount to split up or to stay within: "In the allotted 30 minutes she answered 15 questions, so 2 minutes per question". In tests "finish within the allotted time" means do not go over. In the UK an allotment is a small piece of land rented for growing vegetables. Phrases: allotted time, allotted space, allotted to, allotted share.

### examples

- You must finish the test in the allotted time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allotted/#x1)
- Each child was allotted two biscuits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allotted/#x2)
- The teacher allotted 5 minutes to each speaker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allotted/#x3)
- We parked in our allotted space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allotted/#x4)
- The money allotted to the trip ran out fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allotted/#x5)
- In the allotted hour we wrote three stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allotted/#x6)
- Grandpa grows carrots on his allotment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allotted/#x7)
- Well they got ready and went off; Katoma was allotted the post of coachman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allotted/#x8)

### note

Spelling: allot has one t, but allotted and allotting have double t. Do not confuse with "a lot" (many). Formal word; everyday: given, set. In maths the allotted amount is usually a total to be shared or a limit.

### In the corpora

- [Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.872/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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