Dictionary

reallocate en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English allocate English reallocate From re- + allocate.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To allocate (a resource) to another person or purpose.
   • I want to reallocate some of my money from stocks to bonds. (I want to sell some of my stocks and use the proceeds to buy bonds to replace them.)
   • Near-synonym: redistribute
2. (transitive) To allocate again.
   • Appending items one at a time is still a better deal than concatenation, which reallocates every time.

Forms

Coordinates

deallocate · reassign

Deriveds

reallocatable · reallocator

Relateds

deallocation · reallocation

Synonyms

redistribute

Translations (5)

de neu verteilen (to change the user or purpose) · fr réallouer (to change the user or purpose) · fi siirtää (to change the user or purpose) · el ανακατανέμω (to change the user or purpose) · fr réaffecter (to change the user or purpose)