allowed
/əˈlaʊd/
Dictionary
verb
- To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
"to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest"
- To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
"to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition"
- To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
"To allow a sum for leakage."
- To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
"Smoking allowed only in designated areas."
- To not bar or obstruct.
"Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being."
- To acknowledge or concede.
- To take into account by making an allowance.
"When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for contingencies."
- To render physically possible.
- To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
- To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
- To like; to be suited or pleased with.
adjective
- Allotted.
- Acknowledged; admitted to be true.
- Permitted, authorized.
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