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 Newsom said the move to defer the funding and repay it at a later, unspecified point is necessary to create a cushion for uncertain state revenue projections and to avoid potentially allocating more money to schools than is actually available, since the budget isn’t finalized until the summer. —

Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026 Rather than cutting funding to other businesses to focus on AI, Jassy seems to be also allocating resources to the same businesses that AI threatens to disrupt. —

Sean Conlon,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026 The Newsom administration has proposed allocating $500 million for it in the next fiscal year, but mayors across the state have asked for that to be doubled in the upcoming final budget, which legislators will pass in late June. —

Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026 Instead, experts suggest allocating portions of the lawn as a dedicated pollinator habitat suitable for nesting. —

Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026 Israel is now allocating nearly $100 million in part to develop archeological and tourism sites in the West Bank. —

Seth Doane, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026 Phase two, which starts in May, focuses on providing chargers to rural areas and adding more charging blocks to urban areas by allocating money to necessary Metropolitan Planning Organizations. —

Hedija Spahalic, Dallas Morning News, 2 Apr. 2026 This is where the tax-free growth actually happens, so choosing and allocating investments is the step that makes the Roth worth opening. —

Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026 The 2026 Dolphins will be allocating more than 58% of their salary cap space to players who aren’t on their roster. —

Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado called Thursday for allotting more than $360 million to developers and nonprofits building and preserving affordable housing projects.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Those agencies are flush with cash due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which congressional Republicans passed last summer, allotting more than $150 billion to both agencies.

— Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026