disallow
/ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/
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Australia/ˌdɪsəˈlæɔ/
disallow verb: to refuse to allow.
Verb
disallow (third-person singular simple present disallows, present participle disallowing, simple past and past participle disallowed)
- To refuse to allow.
- The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.
- To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
- The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.
- England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd.2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport
- To overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council.
disallow meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
disallow in Tamil
- ஏற்க மறு, தடைசெய், தள்ளி விடு, தள்ளிவிடு, மறு
disallow in Bengali
- অনুমতি না দেয়া, বাতিল করা, নিষেধ করা, অনুমতি না করা
disallow in Malayalam
- to disallow
- തടയുക taṭayuka
disallow in Kannada
- ತಳ್ಳಿಹಾಕು, ನಿರಾಕರಿಸು, ನಾಮಂಜೂರು ಮಾಡು
Forms of disallow
| third-person singular present | disallows |
|---|---|
| present participle | disallowing |
| past participle | disallowed |
| past | disallowed |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | disallowest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | disallowedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | disalloweth |
Origin of disallow
From Middle English disallowen, desallowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman desalouer, Old French desalöer. By surface analysis, dis- + allow.
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Questions about disallow
- What does disallow mean?
- Disallow means to refuse to allow.
- What is disallow in Tamil?
- Disallow in Tamil is ஏற்க மறு, தடைசெய், தள்ளி விடு. See Disallow meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is disallow?
- Disallow is a verb.
- How do you pronounce disallow?
- Disallow is pronounced /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of disallow?
- The past tense of disallow is disallowed.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disallow (page history and authors); disallow (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disallow (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); തടയുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); disallow (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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