Meanings
allot1
present singular third person allots · participle present allotting · participle past allotted · past allotted
- transitiveTo distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
allot2
- misspellingMisspelling of a lot.
- misspellingMisspelling of a lot.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.
More synonyms by meaning
verbadminister or bestow, as in small portions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchaloter
- Middle Englishallotten
- Englishallot
From Middle English allotten, from Old French aloter (Modern French allotir). à + lot. By surface analysis, al- + lot.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic خَصَّصَ
- خَصَّصَ (ḵaṣṣaṣa)to assign
Catalan assignar
- assignarto assign
Czech podělit, přidělit
- podělitto distribute
- přidělitto assign
Dutch verloten, verdelen
- verlotento distribute
- verdelento assign
- toekennento assign
Finnish jakaa, jaella
- jakaato distribute
- jaellato distribute
- määrätäto assign
- antaa tehtäväksito assign
German verteilen, austeilen
- verteilento distribute
- austeilento distribute
- zuteilento distribute
- zuteilento assign
Hindi आवंटित करना, आवंटित करना
- आवंटित करना (āvaṇṭit karnā)to distribute
- आवंटित करना (āvaṇṭit karnā)to assign
Polish przydzielać, przydzielić
- przydzielaćto assign
- przydzielićto assign
- asygnowaćto assign
- wyasygnowaćto assign
Portuguese alocar, repartir
- alocarto distribute
- repartirto distribute
- alotarto distribute
- alocarto assign
Romanian aloca, repartiza
- alocato distribute
- repartizato distribute
- distribuito distribute
- alocato assign
Russian распределя́ть, распредели́ть
- распределя́ть (raspredeljátʹ)to distribute
- распредели́ть (raspredelítʹ)to distribute
- выделя́ть (vydeljátʹ)to assign
- вы́делить (výdelitʹ)to assign
- отводи́ть (otvodítʹ)to assign
- отвести́ (otvestí)to assign
Spanish repartir, adjudicar
- repartirto distribute
- adjudicarto assign
- placearto assign
Swedish lotta, fördela
- lottato distribute
- fördelato assign
- tilldelato assign
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
allot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allot
“allot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allot. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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