Antonyms for allocate
ˈæl əˌkeɪtal·lo·cate

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1. allocateverb

   Antonyms:
   free

2. allocateverb

   Antonyms:
   free

3. allocateverb

   Antonyms:
   free

4. allocateverb

   Antonyms:
   free

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1. allocate, apportionverb

   distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose

   "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip"

   Synonyms:
   deal, portion out, apportion, share, divvy up

How to use allocate in a sentence?

1. The Fox Business Network:

   We thank her for her contributions to the network over the years and wish her continued success in her future endeavors, we will continue our reduced live primetime schedule for the foreseeable future in an effort to allocate staff resources to continuous breaking news coverage on the Coronavirus crisis.

2. Anthony Carnevale:

   Everybody likes education as a way to allocate opportunity, because as Americans we all sort of agree education attaches to individual responsibility : You've got to take the test, go to the school, do the homework and so on, but in practice it has become another form of institutional race and class stratification.

3. Wang Shichang:

   My wife and I sometimes cut short Many Chinese tech workers sleep to do things Many Chinese tech workers enjoy, i could sleep in at weekends, but I'd rather set an alarm and allocate more time to things like watching movies and going to concerts.

4. Elizabeth Prelogar:

   The Executive has long exercised discretion to choose how best to allocate limited resources by prioritizing which noncitizens to take into custody and remove, what procedures to use to pursue removal, and whom to detain during the removal process.

5. Meck Sadick:

   The owners of those houses will be compensated and the government will also allocate them new sites.

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