ALLOCATING Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

allocating

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present participle of allocate

as in allotting

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

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as in distributing

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 dedicating

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 allocating McKinnon said Okta is allocating more resources to tools like Okta for AI agents and Net-zero for AI agents as companies adopt agentic AI and demand more security defenses. —

Samantha Subin, CNBC, 28 May 2026 The objective of the Midas List is to identify the investors demonstrating the strongest judgment in allocating that capital. —

Truebridge Capital, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 Well, that, plus the fact that his other enterprise, Lovejoy Capital, is an investment firm allocating tens of millions of dollars into public-private land development projects at parks and beaches. —

C.c. Weiss may 27, New Atlas, 27 May 2026 Last week, the US government announced $2 billion in investments in quantum computing companies, allocating $100 million each to a range of startups in exchange for equity in the companies. —

ArsTechnica, 25 May 2026 Considering these economic anxieties, allocating nearly one-third of the state budget to defense might seem like insanity. —

Anna Nemtsova, Time, 23 May 2026 Republican senators generally support allocating federal dollars to improve the security infrastructure around the president, especially after an armed 31-year-old man attempted to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton. —

Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 7 May 2026 In the meantime, the company is allocating additional quantities to patients in the United States to meet demand. —

Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 6 May 2026 This comes after the department last year allowed more than 100 grants for human trafficking survivors to expire, affecting more than 5,000 victims, despite Congress allocating $88 million for these services. —

Andrea Hagan, The Conversation, 6 May 2026

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Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.

— Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026