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allocate
English
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin allocare, from ad- (“to”) + locus (“place”), plus Latinate English suffix +? -ate. Compare allocable, without the -ate.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?l'?-k?t, IPA(key): /?æl.?.ke?t/
Verb
allocate (third-person singular simple present allocates, present participle allocating, simple past and past participle allocated)
- To set aside for a purpose.
- To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition to.
- The bulk of K–12 education funds are allocated to school districts that in turn pay for the cost of operating schools.
- (computing) To reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program.
Synonyms
- (set aside for a purpose): appropriate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
Antonyms
- (reserve a section of memory): free, deallocate
Related terms
- allocable
Translations
Italian
Verb
allocate
- second-person plural present indicative of allocare
- second-person plural imperative of allocare
- feminine plural of allocato
Latin
Verb
alloc?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of alloc?
allocate From the web:
- what allocated means
- what allocates resources in economics
- what allocated tips mean
- what allocate and manage resources for a network
- what allocated in the purchase ratio
apply
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English aplien, applien, from Old French applier, (French appliquer), from Latin applic? (“join, fix, or attach to”); from ad + plic? (“fold, twist together”). See applicant, ply.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??pla?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Hyphenation: ap?ply
Verb
apply (third-person singular simple present applies, present participle applying, simple past and past participle applied)
- (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
- (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
- Synonyms: appropriate, devote, use
- (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative
- (transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention
- Synonyms: attach, incline
- (transitive) To to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
- (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
- (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
- (obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
- She was no less skillful in applying his humours.
- (obsolete) To visit.
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Cebuano: aplay
Translations
Etymology 2
apple +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æp(?)li/
Adjective
apply (comparative more apply, superlative most apply)
- Alternative spelling of appley
References
- apply in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- lappy
apply From the web:
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- what apply to dna
- what applies to dna base sequences
- what applies to the declaration of independence
- what applies to a limerick
- what applies to diffusion
- what applies to prokaryotic cells
- what applies to the collision theory
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