allowed

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə loud′)

al•lowed (ə loud′),USA pronunciation adj.

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al•low /əˈlaʊ/USA pronunciation v.

to give permission to or for;
permit: [~ + object][not: be + ~-ing]I won't allow it.[~ + object + to + verb]How often does she allow a student to miss class?[~ + verb-ing]The school does not allow smoking on campus.
[not: be + ~ing;
~ + object + object] to let have;
give as one's share: The school allowed each person $100 for expenses.
to permit by neglect:[not: be + ~-ing;
~ + object + to + verb]How could you allow that to happen?
to admit;
acknowledge:[not: be + ~-ing;~ + (that) clause]I had to allow that he was right.
to approve, as for payment:[~ + object]The insurance adjustor allowed my claim for a new windshield.
to assign or allocate (time to do something);
set apart in reserve:[~ + object (+ for + object)]Allow an hour for changing planes.
[not: be + ~-ing;
~ + of] to make possible;
admit: Your premise allows of only one conclusion.
Idioms allow for, [~ + for + object] to make provision for: to allow for breakage.

al•low (ə lou′),USA pronunciation v.t.

to give permission to or for;
permit:to allow a student to be absent; No swimming allowed.
to let have;
give as one's share;
grant as one's right:to allow a person $100 for expenses.
to permit by neglect, oversight, or the like:to allow a door to remain open.
to admit;
acknowledge;
concede:to allow a claim.
to take into consideration, as by adding or subtracting;
set apart:to allow an hour for changing trains.
Slang Terms[Older Use.]to say;
think.
[Archaic.]to approve;
sanction.

v.i.

to permit something to happen or to exist;
admit (often fol. by of):to spend more than one's budget allows; a premise that allows of only one conclusion.
allow for, to make concession or provision for:to allow for breakage.

Late Latin allocāre; see al-, locus; the older sense "approve, sanction'' and Middle English sense "praise'' probably by taking the Anglo-French verb, verbal as representing Medieval Latin, Latin adlaudāre to praise; see ad-, laud
Anglo-French al(l)o(u)er to place, allot, allow, Old French aloer to place
Middle English alowen 1250–1300

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allow /əˈlaʊ/ vb

(transitive) to permit (to do something); let
(transitive) to set aside: five hours were allowed to do the job
(transitive) to let enter or stay: they don't allow dogs
(transitive) to acknowledge or concede (a point, claim, etc)
(transitive) to let have; grant: he was allowed few visitors
(intransitive) followed by for: to take into account
(intransitive) often followed by of: to permit; admit: a question that allows of only one reply
(transitive; may take a clause as object) US dialect to assert; maintain

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French alouer, from Late Latin allaudāre to extol, influenced by Medieval Latin allocāre to assign, allocate

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