allot

verb
/əˈlɒt/UK/əˈlɑt/US

Etymology

From Middle English allotten, from Old French aloter (Modern French allotir). à + lot. By surface analysis, al- + lot.

  1. derived from aloter
  2. inherited from allotten

Definitions

  1. To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.

  2. To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.

    • Each candidate was allotted five minutes to make a presentation in front of the judges.
  3. Misspelling of a lot.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at allot. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at allot. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at allot

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA