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Definitions: Allot |
AllotVerb1. Give out; "We were assigned new uniforms". 2. Allow to have; "grant a privilege". 3. Administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "allot" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Note: Allot \Al*lot"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Allotted; present participle verb or noun Allotting.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AllotSynonyms: accord (v), administer (v), assign (v), deal (v), deal out (v), dish out (v), dispense (v), distribute (v), dole out (v), grant (v), lot (v), mete out (v), parcel out (v), portion (v), shell out (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Apportionment | Verb: apportion, divide; distribute, administer, dispense; billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete; portion out, parcel out, dole out; deal, carve. |
Arrangement | Verb: reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally. arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal; cast the parts, assign the parts; dispose of, assign places to; assort, sort; sift, riddle; put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array; apportion. |
Dueness | Give a right, confer a right; entitle; authorize; sanctify, legalize, ordain, prescribe, allot. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Allot |
| English words defined with "allot": allocator, Allotting ♦ distributive, distributor ♦ Judge-Advocate General ♦ Quartter ♦ To set out. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "allot": naval gunfire operations centre ♦ to allot, to allot shares. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Eugene Field | All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you haven't got it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | India | Mizoram human rights groups estimate that some 41,000 Reangs, a tribal group from Mizoram that has been displaced due to a sectarian conflict, presently are being sheltered in 6 camps in North Tripura; conditions in such camps are poor and the Tripura government has asked the central Government to allot funds for their care. (references) |
Women | China | Women who seek a divorce face the prospect of losing their housing since government work units allot housing to men when couples marry. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Allot" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 89.74% of the time. "Allot" is used about 78 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 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 89.74% | 70 | 39,981 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 6.41% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.56% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 1.28% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 78 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "allot": to allot ♦ to allot shares. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "allot": re-allot. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
allot | 39 |
allot technology | 16 |
allot communication | 7 |
allot mix sir | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "allot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shpërndaj (allocate, apportion, bestrew, broadcast, clear, deal, deliver, deploy, diffuse, disband, disembody, dish, dish out, dispel, dispense, disperse, disseminate, dissolve, distribute, diversify, give out, give rise to, hand out, intersperse, ladle, lay, lay out, mete, part, put out, scatter, share, shed, whiffle, wipe), ndaj (apportion, at, bar, by, come between, cut, detach, disarticulate, disembody, disjoin, disjoint, dismember, dispart, dissever, dissociate, distinguish, distribute, disunite, divide, divorce, divvy, fissure, fractionate, grade, hand out, joint, on, part, partition, reconcile, rope off, section, segregate, separate, sever, share, sort out, space, split, sunder, toward, towards, unjoint, unlink, unscramble, unto, winnow), caktoj (allocate, appoint, appropriate, arrange, assign, award, call, constitute, designate, detail, fix, instal, install, instate, intend, lay on, make, mete, name, nominate, order, put, qualify, set, tell off, zone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فرق (apportion, be afraid, be scared, become afraid, deal out, difference, differentiate, diffuse, discrepancy, disperse, distinction, distribute, disunite, divide, give out, parcel out, part, scatter, section, separate, strew about, variance), قسم (administration, allocate, apportion, authority, bisect, break up, deal out, department, distribute, district, divide, division, give out, halve, parcel, part, partition, portion, portion out, region, section, segment, separate, service, share, share out, split, subdivide, swear, take an oath), وزع (allocate, apportion, cast, circulation, deal, deal out, deliver, diffuse, disburse, dispense, distribute, divide, dole out, hand out, issue, ladle, parcel, part, portion, seed, serve out), خصص لغرض معي, خص (apportion, belong, exhort, pertain, relate, serve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разпределям (admeasure, allocate, apportion, assort, deal out, dispense, distribute, give out, map out, measure, parcel out, part, plot, serve out, share out, slice, sort), раздавам (administer, administrate, apportion, deal out, dispense, distribute, give away, give out, hand about, hand out, measure, mete out, parcel out, pass out), възлагам (allocate, apportion, assign, commission, depute, detail, endue, entrust, indue, put on, rest, set), отреждам (assign, destine, intend, reserve), отпускам (allocate, ease off, grant, issue, loosen, pay away, pay out, relax, release, slack, slacken, slouch, unbend, unbrace, unfasten, unleash, unrein, untuck, unwind), определям (allow, assign, characterize, define, design, determine, fix, give, govern, identify, intend, lay, mark down, modify, name, nominate, pigeonhole, pitch, prescribe, qualify, set down, settle, spot, state). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 定量 (Allotted, Allotting, Quantify, Quantitive, ration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vylosovat, rozdìlit (apportion, carve up, deal out, disjoin, dismember, dispense, dissever, distribute, divide, divide out, divide up, give away, hand around, hand out, parcel, parcel out, part, partition, portion, separate, share, split), přikázat (bid, command, order). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fordele (distribute, to allot), benytte de vederlagsfrit modtagne midler (to allot funds received as gifts). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verloten, loten (draw lots). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | lotumi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | معین کردن (Allocate, Define, Delineate, Designate, Govern, Limit, Settle, Specify), تخصیص دادن (Apportion, Consecrate, Design, Designate, Give). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jakaa osuus (assign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | attribuer (allocate, allow, to allot), assigner, affecter (allocate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zuteilen (allocate, apportion, assign, deal, detail, distribute, portion, ration, ration out, to allot, to apportion), verteilen (allocate, deal, deal out, deploy, dish out, dispense, disperse, distribute, divide, divide out, give away, give out, hand out, hand round, intersperse, lay out, quarter, scatter, separate, serve out, share, share out, spread, sprinkle, string out, to allot, to dispense, to distribute, to spread (out)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατανέμω (allocate, apportion, ration, to allot), παραχωρώ (allow, bestow, cede, concede, grant, resign, vouchsafe, yield), απονέμω (administer, ascribe, assign, award, bestow, dispense, distribute, give away, mete). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לקצוב (allocate, apportion, cut, ration), לחלוק (apportion, distinguish, divide, impart, share), ל"קציב (allocate, allow, apply, assign, funds, mete, portion, ration, set aside, set the pace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rábíz (commend, commit, confide, consign, leave, to allot, to commend, to consign, to entrust, to remit, to vest), kioszt (allocate, deal out, dispense, give out, hand out, issue, to allocate, to allot, to assign, to deal out, to dispense, to distribute, to give out, to issue, to pass out, to portion out, to proportion, to section out, to share out, to zonk it to sy), kijelöl (appoint, assign, designate, doom, lay out, mark off, mark out, situate, tell off, to appoint, to assign, to designate, to fix on, to lay out, to mark out, to reassign, to set out, to trace out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | membagikan (dispense, distribute, give away, share). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | distribuire (allocate, apportion, cast, deal out, deliver, dispense, distribute, impart, release, share, spread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 地割り (parcel out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じわり (parcel out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 당하십시" (Allocate, Assign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lottal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | allotay repartir (allocate, apportion, deal, deal out, dishabille, dispense, distribute, divide, dole out, metempsychosis, part, portion, separate, share, slice, whack). (various references) atribui (accredit, assign, attach, attribute, impute, refer), aloca (allocate, allow, apportion, appropriate, assign, grant, portion), repartiza (allocate, apportion, assign, deal, dispense, distribute, divide, pass out, share out), destina (allocate, appropriate, assign, design, destine, doom into, intend, make, mean for), împãrţi (admeasure, apportion, assign, branch, cast, comminute, deal, distribute, divide, dole, go snacks, impart, lay on, measure out, mete, mete out, parcel out, partake of, partition, pass out, portion, retail, section, share, slice, split). (various references) распределять (alloc, allocate, aportion, apportion, categorize, deal, deal out, dispart, dispense, distribute, give out, mete, portion out, rank, route, share, spans), отводить (back off, draw off, estop, march off, take back, turn aside, withdraw), предназначать (appropriate, design, destine, earmark, intend, intend for, mean, reserve). (various references) odrediti (appoint, appropriate, assign, cast, define, designate, destine, detail, determine, fix, mark off, mark out, modify, order, peg, route, set, set by), dodeliti (allocate, assign, award, bestow, confer, endue, give, grant, vest). (various references) asignar (allocate, allow, apportion, appropriate, assign, detail, earmark, instruct, mete, settle, to allot, upgrade), repartir con (deliver, split). (various references) tilldela (administer, allocate, assign, award, confer, impart, inflict, lot, mete). (various references) ayırmak (abstract, allocate, allow, appropriate, assort, book, choose, classify, comb, comb out, contradistinguish, cut off, cut out, demarcate, detach, devote, disband, discard, disembody, disjoin, disrupt, dissever, dissociate, distinguish, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, divorce from, earmark, except, hive off, insulate, intend for, isolate, keep apart, mark out, part, particularize, partition, partition off, pick out, portion, reduce, reserve, resolve, seclude, segregate, select, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, single out, snatch away from, snatch from, sort, sort out, spare, specialize, split, spread, spread out, sunder, sweep off, take apart, tear away, tear off, unpick, unstick, wall, winnow), tahsis etmek (assign, dedicate, devote, earmark), paylaştırmak (allocate, apportion, distribute, mete out, portion out, serve out, sever, share out, split, split up), kura ile belirlemek, hisselere ayırmak (divide up, parcel, parcel out), bölüştürmek (allocate, apportion, divide, lot, mete, portion, portion out, serve out, share out, split, whack up). (various references) розподівляти, роздавати (circulate, deal, hand around, hand out, hand round, partition, pass out, quash, share out), гадати (conjecture, consider, deem, opine, propose, suppose), відводити (abduct, appoint, apportion, assign, avert, drain, draw away, shunt, take back), вважати (account, allow, assume, believe, calculate, conceive, consider, count, deem, opine, posit, rate, repute, set down, suspect, think), видівляти, призначати (administer, administrate, affect, allocate, appoint, appropriate, assign, attach, consign, constitute, design, direct, fix, intend, make, mark out, mean, name, number, order, put, tell off). (various references) penodi (appoint, assign), gosod (affix, appoint, artificial, assign, attach, false, let, place, put, set). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adsignavero, adsignavit, adtributa, disponam, disponamus, disponat, dispone, disponens, disponent, disponentur, dispones, disponet, disponis, dispono, disposita, dispositi, disposito, dispositum, disposuerat, disposuerunt, disposui, disposuisti, disposuit, loco, tribu, tribuam, tribuat, tribuatur, tribue, tribuebam, tribuebat, tribuendo, tribuens, tribuerat, tribuerit, tribuet, tribui, tribuisti, tribuit, tribuitis, tribuo, tributa, tributi, tributis, tributo, tributorum, tributum. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | deputare. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | sortir. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "allot": allotetraploid, allotetraploidies, allotetraploids, allotetraploidy, allotment, allotments, allotrope, allotropes, allotropic, allotropies, allotropy, allots, allotted, allottee, allottees, allotter, allotters, allotting, allotype, allotypes, allotypic, allotypically, allotypies, allotypy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "allot": ballot, challot, hallot, preallot, reallot, shallot. (additional references) | |
Words containing "allot": balloted, balloter, balloters, balloting, ballots, challoth, halloth, preallots, preallotted, preallotting, reallots, reallotted, reallotting, shallots. (additional references) | |
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"Allot" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aello, Ailort, alat, Alioth, Allaf, Allekto, allete, Allett, Allio, Alliot, Alliott, allitt, alloa, alloc, allof, alloj, Allorto, allota, allote, allotoca, allott, allut, alo, aloc, alod, alog, alol, aloll, Alor, alot, alota, alott, alout, alov, alox, Amlot, arlot, atlotl, aylot, Callot, Ellett, ello, ellut, elot, Fallot, gallot, illo, Lalo, mallot, malot, Ollcott, Ollett, pallot, talot, Ulloo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "allot" (pronounced ulÄ"t) |
| 3 | -l Ä" t | blot, clot, lat, lot, Lotte, plot, slot. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: atoll. | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-l-o-t" | |
-1 letter: alto, lota, olla, tall, tola, toll. | |
-2 letters: all, alt, lat, lot, oat, tao. | |
-3 letters: al, at, la, lo, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-l-o-t" | |
+1 letter: allots, atolls, ballot, hallot, maltol, tallol, tallow. | |
+2 letters: axolotl, ballots, challot, collate, fallout, floatel, galliot, galloot, glottal, halloth, latosol, litoral, loathly, loyalty, maillot, maltols, outfall, reallot, shallot, tallboy, tallols, tallows, tallowy, tallyho, tollage, tollbar, tollman, tollway, tonally, totally. | |
+3 letters: allocate, allopath, allotted, allottee, allotter, allotype, allotypy, antiroll, atonally, axolotls, ballonet, balloted, balloter, boatbill, challoth, clitoral, coitally, collaret, collated, collates, collator, fallouts, fellatio, fellator, flatlong, floatels, flotilla, folktale, football, footfall, footwall, galliots, gallipot, galloots, illation, latosols, littoral, loathful, lobately, lobulate, localist, localite, locality, loculate, locustal, loyalest, loyalist, maillots, martello, molality, mortally, mothball, oblately, ocellate, outfalls, postally, preallot, reallots, rostella, santalol, shallots, softball, stallion, tallboys, tallowed, tallyhos, teocalli, thalloid, thallous, tollages, tollbars, tollgate, tollways, tomalley, tortilla, totalled, trilobal, ultralow, volatile. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 6C 6F 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. .-.. --- - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01101100 01101111 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l l o t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 006C 006F 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3578788186 |
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