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Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-loud
Phonetic Transcription : əˈlaʊd



Definition of allowed

Origin :
  • late 14c., "praised;" mid-15c., "assigned as a due share;" late 15c., "permitted," past participle adjective from allow.
  • verb admit; acknowledge
  • verb permit an action
  • verb set aside
Example sentences :
  • No woman was allowed to enter Olympia, during the celebration of the games.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • None but Greeks were allowed to enter the temples of this goddess.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Her house is the only one in all Greece where women are allowed to be present at entertainments.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • There was a long, airy gallery, in which he was allowed to take exercise any hour of the day.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • We will be upon no conditions with him, nor will you be allowed to be upon any.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Nothing was ever allowed to interfere with his morning's work.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Gives her opinion of the force which figure or person may be allowed to have upon her sex.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • If he were allowed to stretch out after the mare, what would the result be?
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Would he not be a much better man if allowed to have Hester!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • A few may be allowed to remain and develop for use as beets.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

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