All 3 Uses
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On the Beach
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- I put himin the wardroom and got the duty officer to allocate a cabin for him for tonight.†
Chpt 2 *allocate = distribute or set apart for a special purpose
- By evening this signal had come in and had been dealt with, John Osborne was suitably clothed for life in a submarine, the work on the aft door of the torpedo tube was finished, and the two Australians were packing their gear into the little space that had been allocated to them for personal effects.†
Chpt 2allocated = set apart for a special purpose
- Before the first race was over the organizers had put in a hurried call to Melbourne for two more ambulances, the two already allocated to the meeting being busy.†
Chpt 7
Definitions:
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(1)
(allocate) distribute according to a plan
or:
set apart for a special purpose - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)