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.
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.
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.
to give out as a share for a particular purpose
City councils allocate funds to each neighborhood park every year.
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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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because giving and transferring is the company allocate keeps.
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.