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Definitions: Allocation |
AllocationNoun1. A share set aside for a specific purpose. 2. The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state". 3. (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Allocation \Al`lo*ca"tion\, noun. [from Late Latin expression allocatio: compare to the French expression allocation.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Business | A)the act of selecting and indicating the account(s)in which a transaction should be recorded; b)attribution of an item to a budget heading. Source: European Union. (references) |
Census | The process by which a characteristic (for example, age, race or rent) is assigned to a person or housing unit in the absence of an acceptable entry on the census or survey questionnaire. The general procedure for inserting omitted entries or changing unacceptable entries is to assign an entry for a person that is consistent with other entries for that person or entries for other persons with similar characteristics. The procedure is similar for missing entries. (references) |
Computing | The allotment, apportionment or placement of data items, storage, subjects, etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
Information | Placing one subject in context with, or near to, another subject. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military | 1. The translation of the apportionment into total numbers of sorties by aircraft type available for each operation/task. 2. In nuclear warfare planning, the specific numbers and types of nuclear weapons allocated to a commander for a stated time period as a planning factor only. (references) |
Military & Defense | The translation of the apportionment into total numbers of sorties by aircraft type available for each operation/task. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | The entry in the Table of Frequency Allocations of a given frequency band for the purpose of its use by one or more terrestrial or space radiocommunication services or the radio astronomy service under specified conditions. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | Awarding of a contract to those undertakings which agree to the lowest price after preliminary competition. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | The allocation of railway infrastructure capacity by an allocation body. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The most common allocation mechanisms include centralised mechanisms as in communism and corporations, or market based mechanisms as in capitalism.
Market based mechanisms include positive and negative feedback loops to mismatches in demand and supply, but ignore a large number of parameters representing social and moral values and empirical behaviour, which most empirical sociology and psychology research show to be very resistant to quantification as monetary values.
Alternative allocation mechanisms, which could incorporate non-monetary values by the means of rational, informed debate and decision making, and could be both decentralised and participatory, and could involve localised positive and negative feedback loops where groups of people active in their roles of either producers or consumers would make general proposals regarding production or consumption respectively. In the participatory economics model, the positive and negative feedback are provided by a third group of people which would iterate between the proposals of the producers' and consumers' groups. Other alternative allocation mechanisms most likely exist, since the parameter space has a large number of dimensions.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Allocation."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ALP | English | Allocation and loading program | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AllocationSynonyms: allotment (n), apportioning (n), apportionment (n), parceling (n), parcelling (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Apportionment | Dividend, portion, contingent, share, allotment, fair share, allocation, lot, measure, dose; dole, meed, pittance; quantum, ration; ratio, proportion, quota, modicum, mess, allowance; suerte. |
Arrangement | Noun: arrangement; plan; preparation; disposal, disposition; collocation, allocation; distribution; sorting; Verb: assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization; grouping; tabulation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Allocation |
| English words defined with "allocation": allocation unit ♦ cost overrun ♦ Friedrich August von Hayek ♦ Hayek, high-level formatting. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "allocation": Committee Allocation ♦ File Allocation Table ♦ no-write allocation ♦ register allocation ♦ Storage Allocation and Coding Program. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Allocation" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (allocation, allowance, appropriation, assignment, benefit, bounty, grant, weighing). |
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Health | The cost-effectiveness of interventions is an important issue in decisions about resource allocation. (references) | |
Resource allocation questions extend to distributional issues within ADRD as well. At present, most ADRD care is compensatory rather than therapeutic. (references) | ||
The status of these lymph nodes determined either laparoscopically or by other methods is one of the most important prognostic indicators, and pretreatment knowledge of lymph node status could allow for a more rational allocation of patients into therapeutic groups. (references) | ||
Business | Quota allocation largely remains non transparent to outsiders. (references) | |
Tables 2 and 3 show the ENCON fund's budget and its allocation of moneys. (references) | ||
Tables 7 and 8 show the ENCON fund's budget and its allocation of moneys. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Ethiopia | Minority religious groups have complained of discrimination in the allocation of government land for religious sites. (references) |
Ethiopia | Religious groups, like private individuals or businesses, must apply to regional and local governments for land allocation. (references) | |
Kenya | It reportedly wants a nation-wide frequency, while the Government insists on region-by-region allocation of locally based broadcasters. (references) | |
Discrimination | Hong Kong | The Equal Opportunities Commission continued to maintain that the elderly were discriminated against in the allocation of public housing, but noted that it was powerless to help, because there was no legislation prohibiting age discrimination. (references) |
Hong Kong | Overall complaints to the Equal Opportunities Commission during the year rose 23 percent over 2000. During the year, the Equal Opportunities Commission received 1,181 complaints of sex discrimination, 807 of which involved the allocation of student placements in secondary schools. (references) | |
Economic History | Hong Kong | There is no allocation of foreign exchange. (references) |
Human Rights | Dominican Republic | These problems are aggravated by low pay and the fact that the Government's budgetary allocation for the police is too low to support the higher recruiting standards needed and to provide adequate training for police. (references) |
Indigenous People | Central African Republic | In general Pygmies have little input in decisions affecting their lands, culture, traditions, and the allocation of natural resources. (references) |
Mexico | In many cases their ability to participate in decisions affecting their lands, cultural traditions, and allocation of natural resources is negligible. (references) | |
Minorities | Laos | The Government encourages the preservation of minority cultures and traditions; however, due to their remote location and inaccessibility, minority tribes have little voice in government decisions affecting their lands and the allocation of natural resources. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | The High Court determined that its ruling in the case would not affect previous land allocations and that differentiating between Jews and non-Jews in land allocation might be acceptable under unspecified "special circumstances." The municipality was instructed to develop and publish criteria for its decisions and a plan for implementation. (references) | |
Political Economy | COLOMBIA | Market forces were left to determine the exchange rate as well as the allocation of foreign trade resources. (references) |
Political Rights | Uganda | When the legislation is passed, it is submitted to the Ministry of Finance for allocation. (references) |
Nigeria | The Senate and the House of Representatives took legislative responsibilities such as budget review and oversight, the election reform initiative, and resource allocation seriously. (references) | |
Malaysia | Ruling coalition Members of Parliament received a government allocation totaling in aggregate roughly $25 million (95 million RM). Opposition Members of Parliament receive no such funds. (references) | |
Trade | Bulgaria | No single applicant may receive a quota allocation larger than 35 percent of the total. (references) |
Pakistan | Each public sector agency and corporation has an annual budget and foreign exchange allocation. (references) | |
Philippines | The administration, including allocation, of minimum access volumes is handled by a MAV Management Committee. (references) | |
Travel | Chad | Employer and Employee charges: These rates are as follows: 6 percent for family allocation, 2.5 percent for work-related accident/injuries, 6 percent workers compensation: (4 percent is carried by employer and 2 percent by the employee), 3 percent-30 percent, seniority bonus: based on minimum salary of the worker's professional classification. (references) |
Women | Liberia | On the whole, women have not recovered from the setbacks caused by the civil war, when most schools were closed, and they could not carry out their traditional roles in the production, allocation, and sale of food. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | In 1998 the Government appointed a commission to address the subject of domestic violence; on the basis of the commission's recommendations, the Government allotted a supplementary budget allocation to combat domestic violence during this year. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Philippines | In April President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the allocation of a $1.6 million (80 million pesos) fund to assist Filipino workers facing legal problems abroad. (references) |
Korea | Finally, employers reported to abuse foreign workers would be subject to criminal charges and be disadvantaged in the Government's allocation of jobs for overseas workers. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Allocation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Allocation" is used about 1,829 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 1,829 | 4,641 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "allocation": air transport allocation board ♦ allocation and upperbound register ♦ allocation of a frequency band ♦ allocation of cost ♦ allocation of duties ♦ allocation of frequencies ♦ allocation of stands ♦ allocation unit ♦ capital allocation ♦ consultation on the allocation of the funds ♦ cost allocation ♦ direct method of allocation of costs ♦ file Allocation Table ♦ frequency allocation ♦ mobile allocation ♦ Random Allocation ♦ register allocation ♦ resource allocation and multi project scheduling ♦ role allocation ♦ static allocation ♦ storage Allocation and Coding Program ♦ table of frequency allocation ♦ target allocation. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "allocation": allocation-by-voice. | |
Ending with "allocation": resource-allocation, turn-allocation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "allocation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | akordim (accordance, tuning), shpërndarje (apportion, deal, delivery, deployment, diaspora, diffusion, dismissal, dismission, dispensation, dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, dissolution, distribution, division, layout, share out, spread, spreading), dhënie (administration, assignation, award, cession, conferment, dispensation, disposal, distribution, donation, grant, issue, presentation, settlement), caktim (allotment, appointment, assessment, assignation, assignment, constitution, demarcation, nomination, statement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حصة (allotment, class, class period, cut, dividend, lesson, lot, part, percentage, period, portion, proportion, quantum, ration, share, slice, whack), توزيع (allotment, apportionment, delivery, dispensation, distribution, divide, division, parceling, part). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разпределяне (allotment, dispensation, division, sorting, stowage), разпределена част, възлагане (allotment, assignation, assignment), отпускане (appropriation, grant, issue, relaxation, release, rendering, thaw), отпусната сума (appropriation, grant), определяне (assignation, determination, qualification), дял (allotment, concern, contingent, deal, dos, interest, lobe, parcel, part, partition, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, sector, segment, share, slice, snack, value, whack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 分派. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přidìlení, přídìl (allowance, portion, ration, stint), kvóta (quota). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | allokering, ydelse (allowance, benefit, bonus, entitlement, flow rate, fluid yield, machine output, output, performance, performance on production, performances, production, productive output, work output, yield), tildeling (allotment, allowance, apportionment, assignment, bonus), licitation (award of contract, tendering procedure), kontering (charging), frekvensallokation, fordeling (allotment, breakdown, dispatching, dissemination, distribution, galaxy, make-up, partition, regulating, shaping, spread, spreading), bistand (allowance, bonus, relief, subsidy, subvention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | allocatie, verdeling (allotment, apportionment, distribution, division, fractionation, hanging, partition, sectorial analysis, segregation, spread), toewijzing (allotment, allowance, assigning, assignment, attribution, bonus, stacking allotment), toewijzen (reserve, to allot), toeslag (addition, adjudication, allowance, amounts added, bonus, flux, fluxing agent, price supplement, slagging medium, steel mill, surcharge), toelage (allowance, bonus, grant, grant aid, grant-in-aid, scholarship, study bursary, study grant, subsidie, subsidy), toekenning (adjudication, allowance, bonus), openbare aanbesteding (award of contract, open invitation to tender, open tendering, public invitation to tender, unrestricted tendering), frequentietoewijzing, frekwentietoewijzing, dotatie, contingent, codering (Code, coding, encoding), boeking op het budget, bijslag (allowance, bonus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تخحیص . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | varaus (charge, electric charge, electricity, proviso, reservation, reserve, seizing, seizure), kohdistaminen (alignment), käyttöoikeuden myöntäminen, jaottelu (abstract analysis, analysis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | allocation (allowance), affectation (allotment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zuweisung (allotment, assignation, assignment, binding), Zuteilung (allotment, apportionment, assignment, dispensation, handout, proration, ration), Zuordnung (assignment, attachment, classification, correlation, relation), Verteilung (apportionment, casting, deployment, dispensation, disperse, dispersion, distributing, distribution, distribution application, distributions, sorting, spread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατανομή (allotment, apportionment, attribution, distribution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מקצב (beat, meter, rhythm), מכס" (amount, lag, norm, quantity, quota, stint, valuation, worth), תקציב (budget), "קצא" (allotment, reserving, setting aside), "פרש" (allowance, discharge, eccrisis, secretion, slops). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kiosztás (allotment, distribution, handout, issue), juttatás (allotment, allowance, assignment, benefit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | alokasi, pencatuan (rationing), pemberian (conferral, distribution, endowment, giving, issue), jatah (allotment, entitlement, quota). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | attribuzione di frequenze, attribuzione (allotment, ascription, assignment, duty, function), assegno (allowance, bonus, check, cheque), assegnazione posti prenotati, assegnazione (allotment, assignation, assignment, binding, delivery, destination, endowment, entail, entailment, grant, issuance, stacking allotment), allocazione, aggiudicazione d'appalto (award of contract), soprassoldo (allowance, bonus), ripartizione (apportionment, breakdown, breakdown with subdivisions, compartment, distribution, division, dole, grading, make-up, progressive interconnection, share out), operazioni di ripartizione, indennit (allowance, benefit, bonus, claim, compensation, expense, indemnity), imputazione (accusal, accusation, accusativeness, apportionment, charge, imputation, indictment), destinazione (DEST, destination, place of destination), collocazione (arrangement, collocation, placing, positing, shelf mark). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 配分法 , 付け (classification, grading, rating), 割"額 (allotment), 割"て (allotment, assignment, quota, rationing), 割" (allotment, assignment, quota, rationing), 割付け (allotment, assignment, distribution, editing, layout), 割付 (allotment, assignment, distribution, editing, layout), 割り"て額 (allotment), 割り"て (allotment, assignment, quota, rationing), 割り付け (allotment, assignment, distribution, editing, layout), 充" (appropriation), アレカ椰子 (alexandrite, allegory, allegretto, allegro, allergen, allergy, alloc, allocate, aloe, aloha, aloha shirt, anchor, Anchorage, anchorman, ankh, anklet, areca palm, arrange, arrangement, arranger, arrow, hour, underground, underground money), 分賦 (assignment), 分与 (dispensation, distribution, impartation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぶ"ぷ (assignment, distribution), ぶ"よ (dispensation, distribution, impartation), かくずけ (classification, grading, rating), かくづけ (classification, grading, rating), わりつけ (allotment, assignment, distribution, editing, layout), わりあてがく (allotment), わりあて (allotment, assignment, quota, rationing), アロケーション , じゅうとう (appropriation, double steal), はいぶ"ほう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 배부 (Distributing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | rheynn (bill, break up; division, bureau, canto, class, classify, compartment, department, dichotomy, dismemberment, dispense, dissection, distribute, distribution, divide, form, graduate, graduation, mountain ridge, parcel of land, partition, portion, precinct, quota, ration, resolution, resolve, section, segmentation, share, sphere), lhiggey magh (allocation work, assignation, discharge, emit, leak, leakage, let out, pay out, rap out, utterance, veer, vent, venting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | allocationay atribuição (allotment, ascription, assignment, attribution, placement), alocação. (various references) alocare (allotment, apportionment, grant), alocaţie (allotment, allowance, appropriation, assignment, benefit, dole, grant, grant-in-aid, gratuity), repartizare (allotment, apportionment, assignation, division, ordering), repartiţie (allotment, distribution, division, repartition). (various references) распределение (allotment, aportionment, apportionment, dealing, dispensation, distribution, mappings, spreading, timing), размещение (accommodation, arrangement, dislocation, disposition, layout, location, occupancy, placement, placing), отчисление (deduction), ассигнование (appropriation). (various references) raspodela (allotment, apportionment, distributing, distribution), odobrenje (approbation, approval, clearance, endorsement, grant, licence, license, permission, sanction), doznaka (money order). (various references) asignación (allotment, allowance, appropriation, assignation, assignment, assignment of frequencies, bonus, compensation for accidents when on duty or occupational diseases, pocket money, settlement, settling). (various references) tilldelning (allotment, allowance, assignation, assignment, infliction, issue, quota, ration). (various references) tahsis (allotment, assignment, designation, disposition), paylaştırma (allotment, apportionment, sharing out, split up), pay ayırma, pay (allotment, apportionment, concern, cut, hand, interest, kickback, margin, moiety, numerator, part, portion, proportion, quanta, quantum, quota, share, shareout, slice, snack, take, toll, whack), dağıtma (dealing, delivery, dismantlement, dispensation, dissipation, distributing, split up), bölüştürme (allotment, apportionment, distribution), ödenek (allowance, appropriation, award, fund, grant, grant-in-aid, pork, supply). (various references) розміщення (collocation, interposition, order, ordering, placement), розподіл (administration, allotment, assignment, break down, classification, dealing, dispensation, distribution, division, ordering, ordonnance, partition), асигнування (appropriation, assignation, assignment), локалізація (localization), призначення (administration, allotment, appointment, assignation, assignment, election). (various references) sự phân phát (dispensation), sự chia phần (admeasurement), sự chỉ định (designation, nomination), phần được phân phối, phần được chia, phần được cấp sự định rõ vị trí. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "allocation": allocations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "allocation": misallocation, reallocation, suballocation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "allocation": misallocations, reallocations, suballocations. (additional references) | |
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"Allocation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: allochthon, allopation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "allocation" (pronounced a'lukā"shun) |
| 8 | a' l u k ā" sh u n | misallocation, reallocation. |
| 7 | -l u k ā" sh u n | application, complication, duplication, explication, implication, misapplication, multiplication, replication. |
| 6 | -u k ā" sh u n | acidification, adjudication, advocation, amplification, authentication, avocation, certification, classification, codification, communication, convocation, decertification, dedication, deification, desiccation, disqualification, diversification, domestication, edification, education, equivocation, eradication, excommunication, falsification, fortification, gasification, gratification, identification, indication, intensification, intoxication, invocation, magnification, medication, miscommunication, modification, notification, nullification, ossification, pacification, personification, pontification, prefabrication, prognostication, provocation, purification, qualification, quantification, ramification, ratification, recertification, reclassification, rectification, rededication, reunification, revocation, sanctification, saponification, suffocation, unification, verification, vilification, vindication. |
| 5 | -k ā" sh u n | abdication, altercation, bifurcation, clarification, confiscation, demarcation, detoxication, detoxification, disembarkation, dislocation, echolocation, electrification, embarkation, evocation, fabrication, gentrification, glorification, indemnification, justification, location, lubrication, misidentification, mummification, obfuscation, publication, relocation, simplification, sophistication, specification, syndication, telecommunication, vacation, vocation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, activation, adaptation, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alphabetization, alteration, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authorization, automation, aviation, balkanization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, coagulation, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communization, compensation, compilation, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, divination, documentation, domination, donation, dramatization, duration, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, facilitation, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gastrulation, generalization, generation, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, gradation, graduation, granulation, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indentation, indexation, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, machination, magnetization, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscreation, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, nucleation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, punctuation, quotation, radiation, radicalization, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recitation, reclamation, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, recuperation, redecoration, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanitation, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, specialization, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, summation, superstation, tabulation, taxation, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, vibration, victimization, violation, visitation, visualization, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: locational. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-l-n-o-o-t" | |
-1 letter: allantoic, collation. | |
-2 letters: colonial, cotillon, location. | |
-3 letters: actinal, alation, ancilla, callant, coolant, lanital, octanol. | |
-4 letters: action, alnico, atonal, atonic, callan, canola, catalo, cation, catlin, citola, clinal, clonal, coital, coloni, laical, latino, lintol, lotion, oilcan, talion, tincal. | |
-5 letters: actin, alant, allot, aloin, antic, atoll, calla, canal, canto, cloot, coala, coati, colin, colon, conto, cotan, lanai, liana. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-l-n-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: allocations, antialcohol. | |
+2 letters: anthological, anticolonial, localization, locationally, reallocation, vocationally. | |
+3 letters: anticolonials, autonomically, avocationally, collaborating, collaboration, collocational, correlational, localizations, misallocation, nematological, onomastically, oscillational, reallocations, suballocation, taxonomically. | |
+4 letters: antialcoholism, astronomically, collaborations, delocalization, misallocations, narratological, nomenclatorial, occupationally, organometallic, paleobotanical, planetological, suballocations, thanatological. | |
+5 letters: anisotropically, anthropological, antialcoholisms, anticolonialism, anticolonialist, chorioallantoic, chorioallantois, coeducationally, combinatorially, computationally, conjugationally, delocalizations, gastronomically, organometallics, paleontological. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 6C 6F 63 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. .-.. --- -.-. .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01101100 01101111 01100011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l l o c a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 006C 006F 0063 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35787881696786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Abbreviations 11. Acronyms 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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