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allowed (uh LOUD)
1. Permit someone to do something; let, give permission to; authorize, concede to, sanction, agree to, approve: "My salary does not allow me to live extravagantly. The teacher allowed us to leave school early."
2. Allocate, assign, grant, provide: "Allow yourself at least an hour to get to the airport."
2. Allocate, assign, grant, provide: "Allow yourself at least an hour to get to the airport."
allowed, aloud
allowed (uh LOUD) (verb)
1. To permit someone to do something; give permission to; authorize, approve: My salary has not allowed me to live extravagantly.
The teacher allowed us to leave school early.
2. Allocated, granted, provided: Have you allowed yourself at least an hour to get to the airport?aloud (uh LOUD) (adverb)
Not in a whisper; in a normal speaking voice, audibly: If you want to say it aloud, go ahead.
The ancients were in the habit of reading aloud even when they were alone.
People are not allowed to speak aloud in the school library.
This entry is located in the following unit:
Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
(page 5)
(Latin: to be allowed; permitted; unrestrained)