allot

/əˈlɑːt/

verb B2
V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

3rd person singular
allots
past
allotted
past participle
allotted
gerund
allotting

Meaning

  1. asignar, destinar

    • Each team was allotted twenty minutes.

      A cada equipo se le asignaron veinte minutos.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

allocate

Near-total synonyms; allocate sounds more systematic and formal (budgets, resources), allot leans toward dividing a fixed share among people.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa allot?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: Each team was ___ twenty minutes.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a allot?

verb

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