verb · academic
allocate
/ˈæləkeɪt/AL·lo·cate
to give out resources, time, or money for a particular purpose
Examples
“In the research proposal, we allocated a large portion of the budget to fieldwork.”
“The university allocated extra staff to support international students.”
“Governments should allocate funding to renewable energy projects.”
Band 8 sentence
“The department allocated additional funds to support students' mental health services after the survey revealed increased demand.”
Collocations
- allocate resources/funds/time
- be allocated to
Word family
Common mistakes
use allocate like 'use' (We allocate the room for the meeting).→allocate the room/allocate resources to
*allocate for (we allocate for three tasks)→allocate to/allocate for + noun (rare, prefer allocate to)
Say it for a higher band
5give→6divide→7+allocate
Synonyms
assign
apportion
Easily confused
assign
“The manager assigned tasks to each team member.”
apportion
“They apportioned the inheritance among the siblings.”
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