Allot vs Select - What's the difference?
allot | select |
To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot
To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose
Privileged, specially selected.
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*:A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.
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*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
Of high quality; top-notch.
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To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
As a verb allot
is to distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.As an adjective select is
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(wikipedia allot)Verb
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(en adjective)Verb
(en verb)- He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.
- The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.