allots

verb

present tense third-person singular of allot
as in allocates
to give as a share or portion each speaker was allotted five minutes to present his or her opinion in the debate

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Recent Examples of allots When a team allots minutes to so many young players simultaneously, lapses in concentration and on-court mistakes are bound to happen. — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allots
  1. allocates
  2. assigns
  3. distributes
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  • The program allocates $135 million to provide incentives, with participating automakers matching the funds.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The current model allocates most of the clinical visits to administrative work and only a fraction to the patient.
    — Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of allocates
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  • There’s a common perception among fans that FIFA assigns the matches each referee will officiate from the very beginning of the tournament.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • India’s Aadhaar system, created in 2009, uses iris scans and fingerprints, and assigns a unique twelve-digit number to all residents.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of assigns
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  • And the best part is that the motorcycle distributes its mass so broadly that its ground pressure matches a soldier on foot.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • One company positioned to benefit is American Electric Power (AEP), a major public utility holding company headquartered in Ohio that, according to its website, distributes electricity to more than five million customers across 11 states.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of distributes

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“Allots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allots. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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