allot
/əˈlɑt/ verb C2- To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
- To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose. · Each candidate was allotted five minutes to make a presentation in front of the judges.
- to intend; reckon
He/she/it allots · Past allotted · Past participle allotted · -ing form allotting
Verb forms
- Base form
- allot
- He/she/it
- allots
- Past
- allotted
- Past participle
- allotted
- -ing form
- allotting
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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Having secured a large booty, the Lion on their return from the forest asked the Ass to allot his due portion to each of the three partners in the treaty.
There had been much doubt whether one would be allotted to Queen’s, but the matter was settled at last, and at the end of the year the graduate who made the highest mark in English and English Literature would win the scholarship--two hundred and fifty dollars a year for four years at Redmond College.
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