verb · academic
allocate
/ˈæl.ə.keɪt/AL·lo·cate
to distribute resources or duties for a specific purpose
Examples
“The department allocated extra funds for student support.”
“We need to allocate time for revision before the exam.”
“Budget cuts meant less money was allocated to research.”
Band 8 sentence
“The university allocated additional funding to the student-mentoring scheme to improve retention.”
Collocations
- allocate funds/resources/time
- allocate to (someone/something)
Word family
Common mistakes
Yesterday the committee allocate more money for the project.→Yesterday the committee allocated more money for the project.
The school allocate the budget to students.→The school allocates the budget to students.
Say it for a higher band
5give→6distribute→7+allocate
Synonyms
distribute
Easily confused
assign
“The teacher assigned each student a different research topic.”
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