allotted
part of speech
adjective (allotted); also the past form of the verb allot (allot, allots, allotted, allotting)
meaning for a pupil
1) Allotted means given out as a share for a purpose: "each team has an allotted area". tree →
2) An allotted time is the amount of time you are given to do something. tree →
3) (verb) To allot means to give or share out a set amount: "the teacher allotted ten minutes to each group". tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: God gave nations their places and their gods, and these gods were not given to Israel. This is a warning against worshipping other gods. Elsewhere "allotted" means given as a fixed share, such as one's daily bread, or the land divided to the tribes as an inheritance. Interpretation: Tradition says God gave the other nations their own powers and stars, but Israel belongs to God alone. The tradition reads the allotted bread as asking only for what one needs, and the allotted land as a gift from God. In the primary lessons: In maths problems allotted time or money is a fixed amount to split up or to stay within: "In the allotted 30 minutes she answered 15 questions, so 2 minutes per question". In tests "finish within the allotted time" means do not go over. In the UK an allotment is a small piece of land rented for growing vegetables. Phrases: allotted time, allotted space, allotted to, allotted share.
examples
- and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that He had not allotted unto them; (Torah DEU.29.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread; (Writings PRO.30.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- He drove out the nations also before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. (Writings PSA.78.55, JPS 1917) tree →
- You must finish the test in the allotted time. tree →
- Each child was allotted two biscuits. tree →
- The teacher allotted 5 minutes to each speaker. tree →
- We parked in our allotted space. tree →
- The money allotted to the trip ran out fast. tree →
- In the allotted hour we wrote three stories. tree →
- Grandpa grows carrots on his allotment. tree →
- Well they got ready and went off; Katoma was allotted the post of coachman. tree →
note
Spelling: allot has one t, but allotted and allotting have double t. Do not confuse with "a lot" (many). Formal word; everyday: given, set. In maths the allotted amount is usually a total to be shared or a limit.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «allotted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.