Meanings
present singular third person reallocates · participle present reallocating · participle past reallocated · past reallocated
- transitiveTo allocate (a resource) to another person or purpose.
Near-synonym: redistribute
1 more example
I want to reallocate some of my money from stocks to bonds. (I want to sell some of my stocks and use the proceeds to buy bonds to replace them.)
Synonyms: redistribute
- transitiveTo allocate again.
Appending items one at a time is still a better deal than concatenation, which reallocates every time.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo allocate (a resource) to another person or purpose.
More synonyms by meaning
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Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishallocate
- Englishreallocate
Translations
Finnish siirtää
- siirtääto change the user or purpose
French réallouer, réaffecter
- réallouerto change the user or purpose
- réaffecterto change the user or purpose
German neu verteilen
- neu verteilento change the user or purpose
Greek ανακατανέμω
- ανακατανέμω (anakatanémo)to change the user or purpose
Cite this entry
reallocate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reallocate
“reallocate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reallocate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reallocate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reallocate.
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