allot
verb/əˈlɒt/
/əˈlɑːt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they allot | /əˈlɒt/ /əˈlɑːt/ |
| he / she / it allots | /əˈlɒts/ /əˈlɑːts/ |
| past simple allotted | /əˈlɒtɪd/ /əˈlɑːtɪd/ |
| past participle allotted | /əˈlɒtɪd/ /əˈlɑːtɪd/ |
| -ing form allotting | /əˈlɒtɪŋ/ /əˈlɑːtɪŋ/ |
- to give time, money, tasks, etc. to somebody/something as a share of what is available
- allot something I completed the test within the time allotted.
- allot something to somebody/something How much money has been allotted to us?
- allot somebody/something sth How much money have we been allotted?
More Like This Consonant-doubling verbsConsonant-doubling verbsWord Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French aloter, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to’) + loter ‘divide into lots’.
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