allocate
/ˈæl.ə.keɪt/US/ˈæl.əˌkeɪt/
allocate verb: to set aside for a purpose.
Verb
allocate (third-person singular simple present allocates, present participle allocating, simple past and past participle allocated)
- To set aside for a purpose.
- Please do not eat the meringue, as it is allocated for the dinner party tomorrow.
- 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
- To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition to.
- The bulk of K–12 education funds are allocated to school districts that in turn pay for the cost of operating schools.
- To reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program.
- 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
- Antonyms:
- free, deallocate
Adjective
allocate (not comparable)
Noun
allocate (plural allocates)
allocate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
allocate in Hindi
- to set aside for a purpose
- आवंटन करना āvaṇṭan karnā, आवंटित करना āvaṇṭit karnā
- to distribute according to a plan
- आवंटित करना āvaṇṭit karnā, आवंटन करना āvaṇṭan karnā
allocate in Tamil
- ஒதுக்கு, பகிர், இடங்குறி, இடத்தில்வை, இடம் ஒதுக்கிக்கொடு, பங்கீடுசெய்
allocate in Urdu
- مقرر کرنا, تجویز کرنا, ٹھہرانا
allocate in Bengali
- বরাদ্দ করা
More languagesFewer languages
- allocate in Telugu
- కేటాయించుటకు
- allocate in Malayalam
- കൂസുക kūsuka
- allocate in Kannada
- ಗೊತ್ತುಮಾಡು, ನಿಗದಿಪಡಿಸು, ಹಂಚು, ವಿಂಗಡಿಸು
- allocate in Punjabi
- ਵੰਡਣਾ vaṇḍṇā
- allocate in Gujarati
- ફાળવણી કરો, ફાળવણી કરવી
- allocate in Odia
- ଆବଣ୍ଟନ କରନ୍ତୁ, ଆବଣ୍ଟନ କରିବା
- allocate in Tagalog
- ilaan
- allocate in Arabic
- خَصَّصَ ḵaṣṣaṣa
- allocate in Persian
- اختصاص دادن
Examples of allocate in a sentence
- In programming, a "memory leak" refers to a situation where memory is or stays unnecessarily allocated.
- With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.
- Nobody told me where I might find my pitroom, or indeed if I had been allocated one.
Synonyms of allocate
Antonyms
Forms of allocate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | allocates |
| present participle | allocating |
| past participle | allocated |
| past | allocated |
| Noun | |
| plural | allocates |
Origin of allocate
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.
From Middle English allocat(e) (“allocated”), originally used as the past participle of allocate, from Latin allocātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
From Middle English allocate (the common first word of writs authorizing payment), from Medieval Latin allocātum, substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of allocātus, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Alternatively, from allocāte, the second-person plural imperative of allocō, compare English liberate (“a warrant for the payment of a pension, allowance, debt, etc.”).
Words formed from allocate
Questions about allocate
- What does allocate mean?
- Allocate means to set aside for a purpose.
- What is allocate in Hindi?
- Allocate in Hindi is आवंटन करना (āvaṇṭan karnā), आवंटित करना (āvaṇṭit karnā). See Allocate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is allocate?
- Allocate can be a verb, an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce allocate?
- Allocate is pronounced /ˈæl.ə.keɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of allocate?
- The past tense of allocate is allocated.
Words near allocate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: allocate (page history and authors); allocate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); allocate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); allocate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); allocate (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); കൂസുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); allocate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਵੰਡਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); allocate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); allocate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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