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• past tense form of allocate.
• past participle of allocate.

allocated

American  

[al-uh-key-tid] / ˈæl əˌkeɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. set apart for a particular purpose or recipient; assigned or allotted.

   No committee participating in this event shall receive more than its allocated share of the funds raised.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of allocate.

Other Word Forms

• unallocated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of allocated

allocate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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allocated

Spending four formative years in a community where hundreds of services are collectively financed and individually consumed can shape assumptions about how institutions function and how resources should be allocated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

However, unlike the index, it can be as much as 15% allocated to stocks in emerging markets.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

The remaining amount is allocated across programs for "awareness and prevention," "screening and assessment," "referral, linkage, and coordination," implementation and evaluation.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Despite that, “ongoing” or recurring funds collected via the measure are allocated to county hospitals and private hospitals with trauma centers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

This presented a delicate problem, another of the house guests being also without his valet, raising the question as to which guest should be allocated the butler as valet and who the footman.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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