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allowed
/əˈlaʊd/
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What does allowed mean?
verb
- simple past and past participle of allow
adjective
- Permitted, authorized.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- (archaic) Allotted.
- (archaic) Acknowledged; admitted to be true.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈlaʊd/
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He stood still and allowed her to get far ahead of him till he could only see her form upon the sky.
When a woman chose to be a mother, she allowed the child-longing to grow within her till it worked its natural miracle.
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A pigeon, alone on a low branch, allowed Pearl to come beneath, and uttered a sound as much of greeting as alarm.
Suppose Sir Walter, instead of putting the conversations into the mouths of his characters, had allowed the characters to speak for themselves?
Jean Valjean allowed himself to slide down the roof, still holding fast to Cosette, reached the linden-tree, and leaped to the ground.