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Giving and transferring

Synonyms for allocate

Synonyms for allocate: assign, allot and apportion. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

3 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line

The 3 synonyms for allocate

Interchangeable with allocate in this sense

Audited under allocate's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one allocate carries in that sense.

  • assignverb, in the sense "to give out as a share for a particular purpose"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name allocate as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

  • allotallot is a verb in the sense "to give a share of something to each of a number of people"
  • apportionapportion is a verb in the sense "to divide and give out in shares"

The first group is filed under allocate's own sense. The second reach allocate from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsGiving and transferring

to give out as a share for a particular purpose

City councils allocate funds to each neighborhood park every year.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

assign

Same sentence, swapped: City councils assign funds to each neighborhood park every year.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

  • audit
  • forecast
  • appraise

Where allocate turns up in the game

allocate is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play allocate

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so allocate reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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The wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. allocate carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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