Definitions for allowed
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1. Allowed

   of Allow

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1. allowedverb

   Verb form of the word allow.

   They were allowed to enter the office early in the morning and come out early afternoon as long as they completed their work they had the freedom to do this.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'allowed' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #686

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'allowed' in Written Corpus Frequency: #786

How to pronounce allowed?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of allowed in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of allowed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of allowed in a Sentence

1. Margrethe Vestager:

   Keeping national gas markets separate also allowed Gazprom to charge prices that we at this stage consider to be unfair.

2. Dale Bumpers:

   The American people are now and for some time have been asking to be allowed a good night's sleep, they're asking for an end to this nightmare. It is a legitimate request.

3. Novak Djokovic:

   These two guys made me the player I am today. I think these rivalries have allowed me to grow... and understand what it takes to be on the level that they are on, roger Federer always makes you play your best. My best is what is going to be necessary to win against Roger Federer.

4. Kira Wampler:

   Parking tickets, little fender benders, learning how to drive, having to do car repairs culminating in this mountain of cars that really bring to life the frustration and the circus that we have allowed our lives to become when we are so driven by cars, we are bringing this commercial to life as part of helping people better understand our vision and our mission, which is really fundamentally every seat, every car, every driver.

5. James Madison:

   And as it [the federal district] is to be appropriated to this use with the consent of the State ceding it; as the State will no doubt provide in the compact for the rights, and the consent of the citizens inhabiting it; as the inhabitants will find sufficient inducements of interest to become willing parties to the cession; as they will have had their voice in the election of the Government which is to exercise authority over them; as a municipal Legislature for local purposes, derived from their own suffrages, will of course be allowed them; and as the authority of the Legislature of the State, and of the inhabitants of the ceded part of it, to concur in the cession, will be derived from the whole people of the State, in their adoption of the Constitution, every imaginable objection seems to be obviated.

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