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allocate

/ˈæl.ə.keɪt/ [allocated, allocating]

Translation

v [t]
asignar
They allocated John the hardest task
Asignaron a John la tarea más difícil
repartir
constr. to allocate + dos objetos
(Definition of allocate v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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