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allotted

allotted

4.4
Given to someone to do within a set time
  • adjective
  • /əˈlɑːtɪd/
translation icon : asignado
  • Parkinson's Law pretty much just states that your work expands so as to fill the allotted time for its completion.

That land was our traditionally our allotted land and in our family.

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Examples

  • If you eat three, you're over the daily allotted amount.

    Tati

  • He completed all his tasks within the allotted time for the project.

  • Do you find it difficult to tell some of these stories that you want to tell in the allotted time you're given?

  • Well, we're getting close to the the end of the time that I've got allotted, Mark says.

  • And so when I had the temptation to eat more than my allotted amount, then I could think about that thing that I wanted.

    Tom Bilyeu

  • If you don't make it in that time that's been allotted that you owe time to get to C.

  • That means that when you are acquiring new tools, you need to account for how they're going to work in and with the space that you have allotted to you and for that tool.

  • Each student received an allotted amount of time to present their work.

  • The committee was responsible for allocating funds to the allotted groups for their activities.

Synonyms

assigned
vsallotted
2.6

Given to someone for a job or task

is used more broadly for giving duties or shares, not only formal appointment
apportioned
vsallotted
6.5

Divided and given out to people or groups according to a plan

refers to giving a duty or share without emphasis on planned division

Antonyms

unassigned
3 3.7

Not given a job, task, or place to go

How Assigned

assigned
2.6
allotted
4.4
unassigned
3 3.7

Surface Forms

allotted positive

Morphology

allotted = allot (transparent) = allot + ed

The adjective/past-participle is a regular formation from the verb 'allot' with '-ed', so its meaning is directly derived from the base verb.

Etymology

Allotted comes from the verb allot, which uses the old root lot meaning 'share' or 'portion', the same idea as drawing lots to decide who gets something. So, if time or tasks are allotted, they are the parts given to you to use or do.