allowed

Syllables: al·lowed/əˈlaʊd/

allowed is the simple past and past participle of allow.

Adjective

allowed (comparative more allowed, superlative most allowed)

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...1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 18
(archaic) Allotted.
(archaic) Acknowledged; admitted to be true.
- With respect to the culture of the heart, it is unanimously allowed that sex is out of the question […]1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC

allow (third-person singular simple present allows, present participle allowing, simple past and past participle allowed)

(ditransitive) To let one have as a suitable share of something.
- to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest
Synonyms:

grant, admit, afford, yield, give, permit, allot, bestow, concede
(intransitive) To present something as possible or reasonable.
- The event allows of only one interpretation.
(catenative, transitive) To permit, to give permission to.
- I will allow my son to be absent.
Synonyms:

permit, let, grant licence to, consent, grant
To not bar or obstruct.
- Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being.
Synonyms:

tolerate, suffer, permit, admit, concede
(transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion; to say something one agrees on in the context of a larger disagreement or reluctance.
- to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow an appeal
Synonyms:

concede, accede, acquiesce
(transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
- to allow a sum for leakage

comparative	more allowed
superlative	most allowed

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What does allowed mean?: Allowed means permitted, authorized.
What is allowed the simple past and past participle of?: Allowed is the simple past and past participle of allow.
What part of speech is allowed?: Allowed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce allowed?: Allowed is pronounced /əˈlaʊd/.

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