allowed
verbadjectivecommon in dialogue
- //əˈlaʊd//
Permitted, authorized.
verb
- 1
Also a form of allowsimple past and past participle of allow
adjective
- 1
Permitted, authorized.
Can she come? -She'll be allowed to go later.
The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of reading. He might be allowed fifteen minutes to read this book, for instance—or even a book twice as long.
- 2
archaicAllotted.
- 3
archaicAcknowledged; admitted to be true.
With respect to the culture of the heart, it is unanimously allowed that sex is out of the question […]
Forms
- comparative
- more allowed
- superlative
- most allowed