verb · academic
allocate
/ˈæl.ə.keɪt/AL·lo·cate
Band 5-6speakingtask2
to give out resources or duties for a particular purpose
Examples
“The university allocated extra funding to research in renewable energy.”
“We need to allocate time each week to revise vocabulary.”
“The project manager allocated tasks according to each member's strengths.”
Band 8 sentence
“In the budget review, the university allocated a larger proportion of funds to student mental health services.”
Collocations
- allocate funds to
- allocate resources for
- allocate time to
Word family
allocate verballocation nounallocated adjective / verb (past)
Common mistakes
allocate for→allocate to
allocate with→allocate to / allocate for
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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