allotted

«allotted» in Mova's school dictionary: given out as a share for a purpose: "each team has an… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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

• Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «allotted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.