different between allocate vs connect

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)

1. To set aside for a purpose.
2. 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.

3. (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

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

Latin

Verb

alloc?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of alloc?

English

Etymology

From Latin connectere (“fasten together”), from con- (“together”) +? nectere (“bind”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??n?kt/
• Hyphenation: con?nect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

connect (third-person singular simple present connects, present participle connecting, simple past and past participle connected)

1. (intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.

   Synonyms: affix, join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join

2. (intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.

3. (transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.

4. (transitive, of a person) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.

5. To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.

6. To associate; to establish a relation between.

7. To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.

Antonyms

• disconnect

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Catalan: conectar
• ? Galician: conectar
• ? Portuguese: conectar
• ? Spanish: conectar

Translations

Anagrams

• concent