To officially decide to use an amount of money, time, space, or other resources for a particular purpose or to give something to a specific person or group.
“The government decided to allocate an additional $2 million to improve the public transportation system in the city.”
“To finish the project on time, we need to allocate at least three hours each day to work on it.”
In CELPIP Writing (e.g., email responses or survey responses) and Speaking (e.g., giving opinions or describing problems), use 'allocate' to talk about budgets, time management, or distribution of resources. For example, in an email to a manager, you can say, 'We should allocate more funds to the marketing department to improve our online presence.' In Speaking Task 3 (describing a scene), you might say, 'The city has allocated a new park area for families.' This word demonstrates a high level of vocabulary and precision.
Synonyms: assign, apportion, set aside