Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to allocate
Participle: allocated
Gerund: allocating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | allocate |
| you | allocate |
| he;she;it | allocates |
| we | allocate |
| you | allocate |
| they | allocate |
Perfect
| I | have allocated |
| you | have allocated |
| he;she;it | has allocated |
| we | have allocated |
| you | have allocated |
| they | have allocated |
Past
| I | allocated |
| you | allocated |
| he;she;it | allocated |
| we | allocated |
| you | allocated |
| they | allocated |
Pluperfect
| I | had allocated |
| you | had allocated |
| he;she;it | had allocated |
| we | had allocated |
| you | had allocated |
| they | had allocated |
Future
| I | will allocate |
| you | will allocate |
| he;she;it | will allocate |
| we | will allocate |
| you | will allocate |
| they | will allocate |
Future Perfect
| 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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | allocate |
| you | allocate |
| he;she;it | allocate |
| we | allocate |
| you | allocate |
| they | allocate |
Perfect
| I | have allocated |
| you | have allocated |
| he;she;it | have allocated |
| we | have allocated |
| you | have allocated |
| they | have allocated |
Imperfect
| I | allocated |
| you | allocated |
| he;she;it | allocated |
| we | allocated |
| you | allocated |
| they | allocated |
Pluperfect
| I | had allocated |
| you | had allocated |
| he;she;it | had allocated |
| we | had allocated |
| you | had allocated |
| they | had allocated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would allocate |
| you | would allocate |
| he;she;it | would allocate |
| we | would allocate |
| you | would allocate |
| they | would allocate |
Perfect
| 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 |
Imperative
| you | allocate |
| we | Let's allocate |
| you | allocate |
Verbs conjugated like 'allocate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'allocate'
allocute,
advocate,
allegate,
alligate,
allylate,
avocate,
bilocate,
collocate,
colocate,
deallocate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- set aside for a purpose
- set apart
- to divide into portions and issue out
- administer, allot, apportion, deal, deal out, dispart, dispend, dispense, disperse, distribute, divide, give out, issue, mete out, parcel out, piecemeal, portion out, share, share out, sunder out
- allot
- earmark, appoint, designate, appropriate, assign
Antonyms
- allot
- keep, withhold, retain, confiscate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1640, from adj. (1438), from M.L.
allocate (the common first word of writs authorizing payment), imperative pl. of
allocare "allocate," from L.
ad- "to" +
locare "to place."
2. From Latin allocātus, perfect passive participle of Latin allocō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to”) + locō. Doublet of allow. By surface analysis, al- + locate. See: Latin '
allocō'.
Verbs referencing "allocate"
Finnish with old forms
allokoida, Swedish
allokera.
Sample Sentences
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Please do not eat the meringue, as it is allocated for the dinner party tomorrow.
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By March 1994, it had moved to Cardiff Canton, and was still allocated there when its nameplates were taken off in March 1997. [2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27:]
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The bulk of K–12 education funds are allocated to school districts that in turn pay for the cost of operating schools.
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The memory manager allocates memory to requesting processes until there is no more memory available or until there are no more processes waiting for memory. [2011, José M. Garrido, Richard Schlesinger, Kenneth Hoganson, Principles of Modern Operating Systems, 2nd edition, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, page 264:]