MEANING
To allocate resources, responsibilities or quantities again or differently.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- reallocate resources
- reallocate responsibilities
On the page
The panel reallocated resources after assessing unmet needs.
The agreement reallocated responsibilities without changing the overall task.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- reallocate
- Past tense
- reallocated
- Past participle
- reallocated
- Present participle
- reallocating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reallocate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reallocating
- Present perfect
- have/has reallocated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reallocating
- Past
- reallocated
- Past continuous
- was/were reallocating
- Past perfect
- had reallocated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reallocating
- Future
- will reallocate
- Future continuous
- will be reallocating
- Future perfect
- will have reallocated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reallocating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: reallocate; reallocates; reallocated; reallocated; reallocating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: renewed assessment, explicit formulation, classification and framing. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reallocates.
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