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# allocator

noun (an allocator, allocators)

«allocator» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person or thing that shares out or gives out parts of something, such as money, places or jobs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocator/#m1)
2. (computing) Part of a computer program that hands out memory space when it is needed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocator/#m2)

### In the lessons

A formal and technical word. In everyday or school use it means the one who divides things up; in computing it is the code that gives out memory. In maths problems, it is the one who shares an amount into parts. Phrases: memory allocator, seat allocator.

### Examples

- The allocator gave each team a room for the project. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocator/#x1)
- The teacher acted as the allocator of jobs for the class trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocator/#x2)
- A memory allocator gives programs the space they need. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocator/#x3)
- The ticket allocator made sure every family got two seats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocator/#x4)
- The money allocator divided the budget between the clubs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocator/#x5)
- The computer's allocator ran out of free memory. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocator/#x6)
- Who is the allocator of the parking spaces? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocator/#x7)

### Note

Countable: allocators. From the verb allocate (to share out for a purpose); noun allocation. Rare in everyday talk; children mostly meet "allocate" and "allocation". Not the same as "alligator"!

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «allocator» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocator/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«allocator» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/allocator.html) on Mova free.