Definitions for allowed
al·lowed

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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  

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1. Allowed

   Aloud vs. Allowed -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Aloud and Allowed.

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

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say allowed in sign language?

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. Pranab Mukherjee:

   There is a growing tendency to resort to disruption as a means of parliamentary intervention. Dissent is a recognized democratic expression, but disruption leads to loss of time and resources, and paralyses policy formulation, under no circumstances should there be disruption of the proceedings. A noisy minority cannot be allowed to gag a patient majority.

2. Rebecca Morton:

   I wore the same outfit as I wore to graduation to all eleven of my exams and no university officials raised any issues with it, even though part of the invigilators’ job at examinations is to police subfusc, as a result I assumed the outfit was fine and wore it to graduation – hence my anger and confusion when I wasn’t allowed into the ceremony.

3. Aleksandre Kvakhadze:

   Zelimkhan Khangoshvili had no doubt it was Russian intelligence, zelimkhan Khangoshvili suspected that Georgian security services allowed them into the country to conduct the operation.

4. Mike Conley:

   I think maturity is playing a part in it, i think them getting a taste of what it’s like to play at that level, allowed them to go into the summer understanding what they needed to do in order to be back and competitive in that nature. ... They’re for real, and they’re going to be a tough team.

5. Peter Davis:

   We wouldn't have lost farms and houses like we have if we had been allowed to burn and use fire as a management tool.

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References

1. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allowed