ALLOCATED Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

allocated

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past tense of allocate

as in allotted

to give as a share or portion not enough computers to allocate one to every student

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as in distributed

to give out (something) to appropriate individuals allocated the housework in such a way that the older kids got more than the younger ones

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as in dedicated

to keep or intend for a special purpose sliced the strawberries after first allocating all the nicest ones for the top of the cake

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Recent Examples of allocated The funding, allocated through California’s Road Maintenance Rehabilitation Account, comes from the gas tax established by Senate Bill 1 and vehicle registration fees. —

Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026 Over the past several years, a number of companies have allocated portions of their treasury reserves to digital assets such as bitcoin. —

Anthony Milewski, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 The subpoena, in part, requests information from FIFA about how tickets are allocated to participating members, how tickets to each match are allocated and the number of tickets available in each category, according to a spokesperson with the New York Attorney General’s office. —

Brynn Gingras, CNN Money, 27 May 2026 And in Hong Kong, respondents actually took more time off, on average, than they were allocated, according to the study. —

Sydney Lake, Fortune, 27 May 2026 More savvy users can monitor the creation and size of OPFS files allocated by unknown websites. —

Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026 But the board has the ultimate authority over making Kane County’s overall budget and deciding how much each of its offices and departments will be allocated for the year. —

Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026 In an attempt to tackle that criticism, its founder recently overhauled the way users’ funds are automatically allocated to votes. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 May 2026 The current rendering shows 7,200 square feet allocated to four courts, encroaching on open beach space that could be available to beachgoers and picnickers. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026

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Landry is asking for an additional $82 million for next year’s corrections budget — 11% more than currently allotted.

— Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 22 May 2026
Self said there’s a lot of uncertainty among schools in the Big 12, SEC, Big Ten and ACC because budgets are ballooning past the revenue-share distribution those programs are allotted by their schools.

— CJ Moore, New York Times, 21 May 2026