verb · academic
allocate
UK/ˈæləkeɪt/US/ˈæləˌkeɪt/AL·lo·cate
Band 6-7speakingtask2
to distribute resources or duties for a particular purpose
Examples
“The university allocated funds for the new research centre.”
“We need to allocate more time to practising speaking before the exam.”
“The government allocated extra resources to public health programmes.”
Band 8 sentence
“Universities must allocate funding strategically to support interdisciplinary research that addresses societal challenges.”
Collocations
- allocate + resources/funds/time
- be allocated to
Word family
allocation nounallocator noun (hiếm gặp)
Common mistakes
use "give" instead of "allocate"→allocate
"allocate to do sth"→allocate sth to sb/sth
Say it for a higher band
5give→6assign→7+allocate
Synonyms
assign
apportion
Easily confused
assign
“The manager assigned tasks to each team member.”
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