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reallocating

reallocating is the present participle and gerund of reallocate.

Meaning of reallocate

Verb

reallocate (third-person singular simple present reallocates, present participle reallocating, simple past and past participle reallocated)

  1. (transitive) To allocate (a resource) to another person or purpose.
    • Near-synonym: redistribute
    Synonyms:
    redistribute
  2. (transitive) To allocate again.
    • Appending items one at a time is still a better deal than concatenation, which reallocates every time.

Questions about reallocating

What is reallocating the present participle and gerund of?
Reallocating is the present participle and gerund of reallocate.

Words near reallocating in the dictionary

  1. realll
  2. reallocatable
  3. reallocate
  4. reallocated
  5. reallocates
  6. reallocating
  7. reallocation
  8. reallocations
  9. reallocator
  10. reallocators
  11. reallot

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