verb · academic
allocate
/ˈæləkeɪt/AL·lo·cate
to give out resources or duties for a particular purpose
Examples
“The government allocated more funds to renewable energy projects.”
“Teachers should allocate time for individual feedback.”
“Budget cuts forced the university to allocate resources more carefully.”
Band 8 sentence
“Because of limited funding, the committee carefully allocated the remaining budget to projects with the highest expected impact.”
Collocations
- allocate funds
- allocate resources
- allocate time
Word family
Common mistakes
use 'give' or 'put' directly when translating allocate→use 'phân bổ' or 'dành' in academic contexts
mix up 'allocate' and 'assign' for money→use 'allocate' for money/resources and 'assign' for tasks/people
Say it for a higher band
5give→6assign→7+allocate
Synonyms
assign
Easily confused
assign
“The teacher assigned homework to the students.”
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