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allowed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Permitted, authorized.
    • The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of reading. He might be allowed fifteen minutes to read this book, for instance—or even a book twice as long. 1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 18:
    • Can she come? -She'll be allowed to go later.
  2. (archaic) Allotted.
  3. (archaic) Acknowledged; admitted to be true.
    • With respect to the culture of the heart, it is unanimously allowed that sex is out of the question […] 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most allowed Degree=Sup lexicographic
more allowed Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

prohibited · forbidden · banned

Deriveds

superallowed · unallowed · nonallowed · allowedly

Translations (29)

it permesso (permitted, authorized) · es permitido (permitted, authorized) · oc permés (permitted, authorized) · hi जायज़ (permitted, authorized) · ca permet (permitted, authorized) · gl permitido (permitted, authorized) · vec lèçito (permitted, authorized) · ru дозво́ленный (permitted, authorized) · ja(permitted, authorized) · ru разрешённо class adverb (permitted, authorized) · nl toegestaan (permitted, authorized) · ro permis (permitted, authorized) · pl dozwolony (permitted, authorized) · fi sallittu (permitted, authorized) · uk дозво́лений (permitted, authorized) · ru разрешённый (permitted, authorized) · hi अनुमत (permitted, authorized) · el επιτρεπτός (permitted, authorized) · de erlaubt (permitted, authorized) · hu megengedett (permitted, authorized) · ja 許可された (permitted, authorized) · la situs (permitted, authorized) · ar مَسْمُوح (permitted, authorized) · pt autorizado (permitted, authorized) · sv tillåten (permitted, authorized) · hi स्वीकार्य (permitted, authorized) · hi स्वीकार (permitted, authorized) · hi अनुज्ञप्त (permitted, authorized) · fr permis (permitted, authorized)

allowed en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of allow
    form of allow