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allowed

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /əˈlaʊd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aʊd
  • homophone: aloud
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 L AW1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Permitted, authorized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Can she come? -She'll be allowed to go later.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Allotted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Acknowledged; admitted to be true.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of allow

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَسْمُوح (masmūḥ) — permitted, authorized
  • Catalan: permet — permitted, authorized
  • Dutch: toegestaan — permitted, authorized
  • French: permis — permitted, authorized
  • Galician: permitido — permitted, authorized
  • German: erlaubt — permitted, authorized
  • Greek: επιτρεπτός (epitreptós) — permitted, authorized
  • Hindi: अनुज्ञप्त (anujñapt) — permitted, authorized
  • Hindi: स्वीकार्य (svīkārya) — permitted, authorized
  • Hindi: स्वीकार (svīkār) — permitted, authorized
  • Hindi: जायज़ (jāyaz) — permitted, authorized
  • Hindi: अनुमत (anumat) — permitted, authorized
  • Hungarian: megengedett — permitted, authorized
  • Italian: permesso — permitted, authorized
  • Japanese: 許可された (kyoka sareta) — permitted, authorized
  • Japanese: 可 (ka) — permitted, authorized
  • Latin: situs — permitted, authorized
  • Occitan: permés — permitted, authorized
  • Polish: dozwolony — permitted, authorized
  • Portuguese: autorizado — permitted, authorized
  • Romanian: permis — permitted, authorized
  • Russian: дозво́ленный (dozvólennyj) — permitted, authorized
  • Russian: разрешённо class adverb (razrešónno) — permitted, authorized
  • Russian: разрешённый (razrešónnyj) — permitted, authorized
  • Spanish: permitido — permitted, authorized
  • Swedish: tillåten — permitted, authorized
  • Ukrainian: дозво́лений (dozvólenyj) — permitted, authorized
  • Venetan: lèçito — permitted, authorized
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