REALLOCATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reallocate mean? 

• REALLOCATE (verb)
  The verb REALLOCATE has 1 sense:

1. allocate, distribute, or apportion anew

  Familiarity information: REALLOCATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REALLOCATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reallocate    ... he / she / it reallocates   
Past simple: reallocated   
Past participle: reallocated   
-ing form: reallocating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Allocate, distribute, or apportion anew

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

reallocate; reapportion

Context example:

Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data

Hypernyms (to "reallocate" is one way to...):

allocate; apportion (distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

reallocation (a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results))

reallocation (a share that has been allocated again)