allotted
Americanadjective
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assigned as a portion to some person or group or for some purpose.
The allotted time for this task is 25 minutes.
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divided or distributed by share or portion; parceled out.
Many students have complained about the poorly allotted parking spaces at the university.
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Etymology
Origin of allotted
Explanation
Allotted means given as a share of something. Hopefully you will be happy with your allotted share of candy on Halloween. Something that's allotted is distributed, or shared, like your allotted number of pizza slices. It can also mean your share of a job; on family clean-up day, your allotted task could be taking out the garbage. The Germanic word loter, "lot" or "share," is at the root of allotted. A plus loter form the Old French aloter, "to divide into lots." When you're spelling allotted remember to double up the ls and the ts.
Vocabulary lists containing allotted
Bridge to Terabithia
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George Washington's First Inaugural Address
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Example Sentences
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Allotted a distinctive lingo and some catchy lines, she wonderfully brightens her early scenes with a blend of Bohemian bluntness and Bronx cheer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Allotted 1% of the appropriation for each new Federal building, it has adorned 553 of them with painting and sculpture at a cost of $841,000, is now decorating some 400 others.
From Time Magazine Archive
Allotted special duties to several hands to facilitate quickness in getting clear should ship be crushed.
From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir
He said; then taking the resplendent vase 480 Allotted always to that use, she first Infused cold water largely, then, the warm.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
The virgin, his own portion of the spoils, Allotted to him by the Grecians—her Atrides, King of men, resumed, and grief555 Devour'd Achilles' spirit for her sake.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
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