verb · academic

allocate

/ˈæləkeɪt/AL·lo·cate

Band 5-6task2task1

to distribute resources or duties for a particular purpose

Examples

The university allocated extra funding to the research centre.

In the exam you should allocate your time wisely.

Budget committees decide how to allocate public money.

Band 8 sentence

Faced with limited funds, the committee allocated the available budget according to strategic priorities rather than equal shares.

Collocations

  • allocate resources/funds/time
  • be allocated to

Word family

allocation nounallocative adjective

Common mistakes

allocate someone a taskassign someone a task / allocate a budget to someone

to allocate for the projectto allocate to the project

Say it for a higher band

5give6assign7+allocate

Synonyms

assign

Easily confused

assign

The teacher assigned each student a topic for the presentation.

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