allocateal‧lo‧cate /ˈæləkeɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive] 
the importance of allocating resources to local communities You should allocate the same amount of time to each question.allocate something for something One million dollars was allocated for disaster relief.allocate somebody/something something Several patients were waiting to be allocated a bed.
WORD ORIGINallocate
Origin:
1600-1700 Medieval Latin past participle of allocare, from Latin ad- ‘to’ + locare ‘to place’VERB TABLE
allocate
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | allocate |
| he, she, it | allocates | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | allocated |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have allocated |
| he, she, it | has allocated | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had allocated |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will allocate |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have allocated |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am allocating |
| he, she, it | is allocating | |
| you, we, they | are allocating | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was allocating |
| you, we, they | were allocating | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been allocating |
| he, she, it | has been allocating | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been allocating |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be allocating |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been allocating |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Several single parent families have been allocated homes on the new site.
- The company has allocated $1000 to the team to get the project started.
- The results will depend on how each department allocates its resources.
- All this highlighted the need for more land to be allocated by planning authorities for development.
- He is a selfish, competitive fighter who is totally calculating about how he allocates his time and resources.
- Investors who allocate money based on market size may not be as diversified as they thought.
- It is a process whereby scarce resources are allocated among competing powers and claimants.
- The government has allocated, for the introduction of the National Curriculum into 24,000 schools, the sum of £30 million.
- We are allocated a nursery for our weekly spell of baby care.
Longman Language Activatorto officially give something to someone
to officially give someone something such as a prize, money etc, especially as a reward for their hard work or for something they have done: award somebody something: · She was awarded the Nobel Prize for her work in medical research.· The management have awarded all factory employees a 5% pay increase. award somebody compensation/damages etc: · A woman who suffered brain damage during an operation has been awarded $300,000 in compensation.
to give someone something at an official ceremony: present a prize/medal/trophy/certificate/award etc: · Who's going to present the prizes this year?· The trophy will be presented by last year's winner, Brett Butler. present something to somebody: · A little girl presented a basket of flowers to the President's wife.present somebody with something: · Last night Phil Donahue was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
to formally or officially give someone something that they have asked for, especially permission to do something: · The company's application to build a billion dollar leisure complex has been granted by city hall.grant somebody something: · The authorities have refused to grant him a visa to visit the US.grant somebody's request: · I am pleased to inform you that your request for housing benefit has been granted.
formal: confer a degree/honour/title etc to officially give someone a degree, honour etc especially as a reward for something they have achieved: confer something on somebody: · The university has already conferred honorary degrees on several prime ministers.confer on somebody something: · The President trusted him so much that he conferred on him the role of "Principal Advisor".
if someone in authority allocates something such as money, a house, a job etc to someone, they decide to give that person some of the money, or one of the houses, jobs etc that are available: allocate something to somebody: · The company has allocated $1000 to the team to get the project started.allocate somebody something: · Several single parent families have been allocated homes on the new site.
: allotted money/time/space etc the money, time etc that has been officially given or allowed to someone in order for them to do something: · This department has already spent all its allotted budget.· David wasn't able to finish the task within the allotted time.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the importance of allocating resources to local communitiesCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the importance of allocating resources to local communities (=give them to a particular person, organization etc)· I spoke to the official who was in charge of allocating the funds.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· All hits against the chariot in hand-to-hand or shooting are randomly allocated as shown below.· Patients were randomly allocated to groups for each test substance.· For the initial experiment, at day 7, 70 mice were randomly allocated to one of three groups.· Interventions - Children were randomly allocated to adenotonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, or neither procedure.· The classic experiment requires both a control and an experimental group to which subjects are randomly allocated.
· Disposal related work may be allocated to, say, a sub-committee of the board to minimise disruptions.
NOUN· He said the committee could allocate a smaller amount and approve more later if needed.
· While some of these funds were earmarked for South Phoenix, others were allocated to more affluent areas of the city.· There were a limited number of places allocated to different areas.· The number of policyholders can not grow, and in this case the designer would not allocate any overflow areas.· In 1993 they will be allocated to area managers but not yet to care managers.
· This is the first time it has specifically allocated finance for local authority investment in recycling projects.· All this highlighted the need for more land to be allocated by planning authorities for development.· This is allocated between local authorities on the basis of their population and a complex formula.
· Bowling lanes are allocated on the basis of games rather than time.· As enacted in 1974, the formula allocated funds on the basis of three elements-population, overcrowded housing, and poverty.· It is channelled through the Research Councils which will allocate it on the basis of the projects submitted to them.· A territory is normally allocated on the basis of workload and/or potential sales.· Previously the budget had always been allocated on a historical basis.
· Being large, multi-national companies helps-they can allocate huge budgets to creating just the right online presence.· Design teams should be allocated a total budget within which they agree to provide a design to the appropriate quality.· This guidance is intended to inform all those involved in allocating resources and local budget setting.· The federal government used population figures in its calculations when allocating regional budgets.· Meanwhile, the Czechoslovak government has allocated a budget to promote its position on the dam abroad.· With plans formulated, Kate is then allocated a budget to cover all aspects of the landscaping.· Large commercial organisations need to allocate budgets to programmes such as research and development and design.
· One advantage of allocating a case to a student is he/she may have more time to spend in follow-up.· And remember, it is the court that allocates cases to tracks.· This lawyer should also allocate the cases.
· Few banks can accurately allocate costs and measure the profitability of each line of business.· Salomon Brothers was the only major firm on Wall Street in the early 1980s with no system for allocating costs.· Another method is to allocate the total costs over the two years on the basis of work invoiced.· The estimators' goal in manufacturing is to accurately allocate the costs associated with making products.· Ten percent was allocated to administrative costs, and the remaining 20 percent for human service programs.
· In terms of funding, there's going to have to be some political decision as to how we allocate those resources.· In straitened times, group directors will face tough decisions about allocating resources between divisions.· The use of linear programming as an aid to decision making when allocating scarce investment funds has been widely advocated.· It is not only financial considerations, therefore, that guide the decisions for allocating limited training resources.
· Once recruited on this basis, the candidates would be allocated to departments.
· Furthermore, it may be difficult to allocate expenditure and income for the period.· It is a relatively crude way of allocating such expenditure. 10.· Defence spending, however, fell, being allocated 11.6 percent of expenditure as compared with 12.1 percent in 1991.· Total spending was set at R11,600 million, of which R9,000 million was allocated to recurrent expenditure.
· In the former case, by employing civilian clerical staff a greater proportion of funds can be allocated for direct policing policies.· The audit report was also critical of the amount of funds allocated to staff support of citizen participation activities.· Finally, at departmental or agency level, the funds are allocated.· Wilson to reject funds allocated to California.· Remaining funds will be allocated to individual projects, a third to public health research and two-thirds to clinical research.· I would like your recommendations on Vanguard funds in which to allocate my $ 492, 000.
· The government has allocated, for the introduction of the National Curriculum into 24,000 schools, the sum of £30 million.· The government has allocated £50 million in 1992/93 and £100 million in 1993/94.· Local government was allocated these responsibilities with great reluctance only after the government had explored every other possibility.· That is why I was especially pleased to hear that the Government are prepared to allocate the necessary funds.· Meanwhile, the Czechoslovak government has allocated a budget to promote its position on the dam abroad.· The city government has allocated 50m pesos towards the cost of the two extensions.· The Czech government has allocated 1,160 million crowns to help resolve environmental problems in the region.
· When a table is transferred into the Working-Set the entries are allocated as bundles to groups of lexicographers.· Patients were randomly allocated to groups for each test substance.· She may be allocated a group of learners, and follow them throughout their training.· To establish firm links, tutors are allocated to groups of schools so that staff come to know their tutor well.
· On top of that, £358,000 was allocated to housing associations.· Help should also be allocated to provide low-cost housing for local people.· The couple were allocated their new housing association home through Middlesbrough Council.
· In short, here is a service which yields substantial benefits but for which the market would allocate no resources.· Perfectly competitive free market equilibrium will then allocate resources efficiently.· In Chapter 15 we set out the basic case for allowing free markets to allocate resources.
· Unsolicited tapes are allocated to the various members of the A&R team.
· For this year's flight, the space agencies will allocate another $ 5 million.· The Clinton administration has proposed expanding Operation Restore Trust nationwide by allocating it $ 597 million under the fiscal 1997 budget proposal.· In 1994, the legislature allocated only $ 2 million statewide to shore up security at older facilities.
· However, no agreement was reached on how much money should be allocated.· Individual investors and Wall Street money managers tend to allocate more of their resources to countries with bigger stock markets.· Admittedly, this sum is but a fraction of money allocated for career development this year.· However, no money has been allocated specifically for this purpose.· The majority of the speakers requested that large amounts of money be allocated for housing rehabilitation.· If so, can he tell us how much money has been allocated to that exercise?
· It might be better to allocate numbers to customers in case there are duplicate names.· Croydon cars were allocated the numbers 345-399.· In the first the computer threw up the names, in the second it allocated the numbers.· Each has been allocated a certain number of streets, but like everything else it takes time.· A system for allocating a small number of staff from a central point on a daily basis should be devised.· Each person is allocated a number of a football team.· You will be allocated a unique reference number.
· Their suspicions were fuelled when the ward allocation book, which denotes which nurse is allocated to which patient, disappeared.
· Defence spending, however, fell, being allocated 11.6 percent of expenditure as compared with 12.1 percent in 1991.
· The third method is to allocate places to those who have the muscle to demand them.· People with different skills and training were to be allocated to places where these could be fully utilised, unlike before.· First-year students are allocated most of these places.
· To attain efficiency, it would be expected that factors of production would be allocated so that their marginal products would be equal.· So the marketing director enters a coalition with the research director to pressure the boss to allocate more resources to product design.
· Your brain was designed and allocated for eternal purposes.· Members ballot for the right to introduce bills on Fridays allocated to this purpose.· However, no money has been allocated specifically for this purpose.
· If this were not done, data from previous files might still be present in addresses to which records were not allocated.
· To establish firm links, tutors are allocated to groups of schools so that staff come to know their tutor well.
· Each of the 10 counties were to be allocated a seat, with two each for exiled parties.· The new Constitution allocated one seat to a representative of Rotuma island.
· This allocates more space to cars than to children.· Gliffs have notions of geometry, and can allocate and request space.
· All public dollars allocated for the student now followed him or her to the other district.· Frezzo said discussions are under way with the San Francisco school district to allocate money to pay students to maintain its networks.
· A system for allocating a small number of staff from a central point on a daily basis should be devised.· Salomon Brothers was the only major firm on Wall Street in the early 1980s with no system for allocating costs.· The Government says it will use the new system to allocate resources to those councils with the worst housing problems.· Others regard it as a more substantial system for planning, allocating and controlling resources.
· More generally we might ask the following: What is the best way to introduce and allocate learning tasks?· The operating system is the set of instructions that allocate resources and order tasks within a computer.· Boot and I had been allocated the less spectacular task of making and using miniature Barkausen-Kurz tubes as possible receivers.
· Even if it's just ten minutes a day, allocate some time for your self-esteem programme.· In one, the businessperson allocated time, spreading the project over several weeks.· The places on our team had largely been allocated by the time I took up the reins.· Now is when you should decide how you want to allocate your time to these three activities in the future.· Moreover, the findings challenge conventional assumptions about the amounts of time the different subjects should be allocated.· He is a selfish, competitive fighter who is totally calculating about how he allocates his time and resources.· The senior nurse may also allocate time for individual teaching of learners, or for group tutorial sessions.· In order to maintain a proper balance in your life, you must be prepared to allocate some time to yourself each day.
· The Development Manager will allocate the work to an appropriate member of the development team.· It's his job to allocate the work to his staff.· Further, each group is allocated at least some such work.· But his fiancee may think that all time not allocated to necessities such as work should be spent together.· In the hours you allocate for work, sort out your priorities, reordering them when unforeseen circumstances arise.· To allocate and prioritise the work of the section.
VERB· They may have the ability to decide how to allocate scarce resources, whether they are finances, promotions or new equipment.· All relevant factors are taken into account by the funding councils when they decide how to allocate resources.
WORD FAMILYnounallocationverballocate
to use something for a particular purpose, give something to a particular person etc, especially after an official decision has been madeallocate something to somebody/something the importance of allocating resources to local communities You should allocate the same amount of time to each question.allocate something for something One million dollars was allocated for disaster relief.allocate somebody/something something Several patients were waiting to be allocated a bed.