apportion
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis
Types & categories
- portion hypernym
- reapportion hyponym
- ration out hyponym
- award hyponym
Related & opposite
- storage allocation derivation
- apportionment derivation
- allocator derivation
- allocation derivation
- allocable derivation
Sense 2 verb
give out as one's portion or share
Types & categories
- hand out hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | storage allocation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | apportionment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | allocator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | allocation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | allocable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | portion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reapportion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ration out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | award |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | parcel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | share-out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | partaker |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allocable |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | part |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hand out |