Used in a Sentence

allocating

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for allocating.

Editorial note

The author first suggests getting supervisor buy-in as a means for allocating resources towards a demo.

Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

To set aside for a purpose.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of allocating gathered in one view.

verb

To set aside for a purpose.

verb

To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition to.

verb

(computing) To reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for allocating.

verb

To set aside for a purpose.

verb

To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition to.

verb

(computing) To reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program.

Example sentences

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The author first suggests getting supervisor buy-in as a means for allocating resources towards a demo.

2

It couldn't be worse than allocating a quarter into one company that goes under at such an early stage.

3

Often, if your process is not allocating any new objects, the GC will never run at all.

4

You better be absolutely sure how many bits you have in each type that you're allocating for these purposes.

5

It's doing a lot less, if you're allocating one buffer for your data instead of many.

6

Improvement on escape analysis in the compiler thus reduce also the heap size by allocating more things onto the stack.

7

Doesn't libcurl encourage allocating linked lists on the stack for passing options to functions?

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In a latency sensitive system, you want to minimize how much time you spend allocating and deallocating memory during performance critical moments.

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Mainly so that there'll be no delay in capacity when allocating the instance.

10

Instead, try allocating it on the stack in your main() function, then passing the object into each component that needs to see it.

11

It's one thing to break up a dumb taxi/hotel cartel by allocating capital more efficiently through iphone apps and good customer service (albeit illegally).

12

You make choices about how you allocate your attention and you accept the costs associated with it by allocating your attention to that media.

Quote examples

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Regulate the heck outta the housing market because fixed assets can't be efficiently allocated in the face of supernormal resources unless you consider "the rich deserve more than people with full time jobs" to be a proper way of allocating physical pieces of the planet earth.

Proper noun examples

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Allocating ports is a lot cheaper, since only the endpoints (and stateful NATs/firewalls) need to know about them.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use allocating in a sentence?

The author first suggests getting supervisor buy-in as a means for allocating resources towards a demo.

What does allocating mean?

To set aside for a purpose.

What part of speech is allocating?

allocating is commonly used as verb.