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 task→assign someone a task / allocate a budget to someone
to allocate for the project→to allocate to the project
Say it for a higher band
5give→6assign→7+allocate
Synonyms
assign
Easily confused
assign
“The teacher assigned each student a topic for the presentation.”
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