Definition of allocates Allocates
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What does allocates mean?
Part of speech
🔤- allocates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of allocate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| allocate - distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip" | ||
| apportion | ||
| portion, allot, assign select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" | ||
| reallocate, reapportion allocate, distribute, or apportion anew; "Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data" | ||
| ration out, ration distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed" | ||
| award, present give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- allocate (v. t.)
To distribute or assign; to allot. - allocate (v. t.)
To localize.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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allocate
al′lo-kāt, v.t. to place: to assign to each his share.—n. Allocā′tion, act of allocating: allotment: an allowance made upon an account. [L. allocāre, ad, to, and locāre, locus, a place.]
Part of speech
🔤- allocate, verb, present, 1st person singular of allocate (infinitive).
- allocate, verb (infinitive).
