allocate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæl.ə.keɪt/

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin allocare, from ad- (“to”) + locus (“place”), plus Latinate English suffix +‎ -ate. Compare allocable, without the -ate.

Verb

allocate (third-person singular simple present allocates, present participle allocating, simple past and past participle allocated)

1. To set aside for a purpose
2. To distribute according to a plan
3. (computing) To declare a section of the memory to be used by the program.

Antonyms

• (declare a section of memory): free, deallocate

Related terms

• allocable

Translations

to set aside for a purpose

• Bulgarian: заделям (bg) (zadeljam), предназначавам (bg) (prednaznačavam)
• Esperanto: kvotigi (eo)
• Estonian: varuma (et),
• Finnish: varata (fi), allokoida (fi)
• French: allouer (fr)
• Italian: stanziare (it)

• Japanese: 取り置く (ja) (とりおく, torioku)
• Persian: اختصاص دادن (fa)
• Polish: przydzielić (pl)
• Portuguese: alocar (pt)
• Spanish: asignar (es), adjudicar (es)
• Swedish: avsätta (sv)

to distribute according to a plan

• Bulgarian: разпределям (bg) (razpredeljam), отпускам (bg) (otpuskam)
• Estonian: jaotama (et)
• Finnish: jyvittää (fi), jakaa (fi)

• French: allouer (fr)
• Japanese: 配置する (ja) (はいちする, haichi suru)

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Italian

Verb

allocate

1. second-person plural present indicative of allocare
2. second-person plural imperative of allocare
3. Feminine plural of allocato