ALLOWED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of allow 2. to give permission for someone to do something, or…. Learn more.

Allowed definition: permitted or authorized.. See examples of ALLOWED used in a sentence.

The meaning of ALLOW is permit. How to use allow in a sentence.

If you are allowed something, you are given permission to have it or are given it.

to provide or set aside (a certain amount). Her mother allowed her ten dollars a week. [verb + object + object ] The teacher allowed an hour for the students to finish. to permit by not paying …

a. To admit; concede: I allowed he was right. b. To think; suppose: "We allow he's straight" (American Speech). c. To assert; declare: Mother allowed that we'd better come in for dinner.

Definition of allow verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Allow, let, permit imply granting or conceding the right of someone to do something. Allow and permit are often interchangeable, but permit is the more positive. Allow implies complete …

Synonyms for ALLOWED: permitted, authorized, licensed, endorsed, acceptable, certified, accredited, sanctioned; Antonyms of ALLOWED: prohibited, forbidden, barred, refused, …

Allow, permit and let are verbs that all have a similar meaning: ‘give permission or make it possible for somebody to do or have something’. … We use a direct object + to-infinitive after …