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ALL meanings of allowed

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  • noun allowed Simple past tense and past participle of allow. 1
  • verb with object allowed to let have; give as one's share; grant as one's right: to allow a person $100 for expenses. 1
  • verb with object allowed to permit by neglect, oversight, or the like: to allow a door to remain open. 1
  • verb with object allowed to admit; acknowledge; concede: to allow a claim. 1
  • verb with object allowed to take into consideration, as by adding or subtracting; set apart: to allow an hour for changing trains. 1
  • verb with object allowed Older Use. to say; think. 1
  • verb with object allowed Archaic. to approve; sanction. 1
  • verb without object allowed to permit something to happen or to exist; admit (often followed by of): to spend more than one's budget allows; a premise that allows of only one conclusion. 1
  • idioms allowed allow for, to make concession or provision for: to allow for breakage. 1
  • adjective allowed Physics. involving a change in quantum numbers, permitted by the selection rules: allowed transition. 0
  • verb with object allowed to give permission to or for; permit: to allow a student to be absent; No swimming allowed. 0
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