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Showing words for ALLOWED using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Allowed

allowed

6 Letter Words for Allowed

walled

5 Letter Words for Allowed

aldol, allod, allow, aloed, alowe, dalle, delaw, della, dewal, dowel, dowle, dwale, dwell, ladle, lawed, ledol, lowed, odell, owled, waldo, waled, weald, woald

4 Letter Words for Allowed

alew, allo, alod, aloe, alow, awdl, awed, dale, dalo, dawe, deal, deaw, dell, dola, dole, doll, dowl, elod, lade, lalo, lead, leal, leda, lewd, load, lode, loed, lowa, lowe, odal, odea, odel, olea, olla, owed, wade, wald, wale, wall, weal, weld, well, woad, wode, wold

3 Letter Words for Allowed

ade, ado, ald, ale, all, alo, alw, awd, awe, awl, dae, dal, dao, daw, dea, del, dew, dle, doa, doe, dol, dow, ead, edo, ela, eld, ell, lad, lao, law, ldl, lea, led, leo, lew, lld, loa, lod, loe, low, lwl, oad, oda, ode, ola, old, ole, owd, owe, owl, wad, wae, wed, woa, wod, woe

Definitions for Allowed

[1] Physics . involving a change in quantum numbers, permitted by the selection rules: allowed transition.
[2] to give permission to or for; permit: to allow a student to be absent; No swimming allowed.
[3] to let have; give as one's share; grant as one's right: to allow a person $100 for expenses.
[4] to permit by neglect, oversight, or the like: to allow a door to remain open.
[5] to admit; acknowledge; concede: to allow a claim.
[6] to take into consideration, as by adding or subtracting; set apart: to allow an hour for changing trains.
[7] Older Use . to say; think.
[8] Archaic . to approve; sanction.
[9] to permit something to happen or to exist; admit (often followed by of ): to spend more than one's budget allows; a premise that allows of only one conclusion.
[10] (tr) to permit (to do something); let
[11] (tr) to set aside five hours were allowed to do the job
[12] (tr) to let enter or stay they don't allow dogs
[13] (tr) to acknowledge or concede (a point, claim, etc)
[14] (tr) to let have; grant he was allowed few visitors
[15] (intr foll by for ) to take into account allow for delays
[16] (intr often foll by of ) to permit; admit a question that allows of only one reply
[17] (tr; may take a clause as object) US dialect to assert; maintain
[18] (tr) archaic to approve; accept

Words related to Allowed

grant, authorize, oblige, recognize, support, tolerate, favor, pass, release, approve, provide, assign, give, own, confess, avow, concede, acquiesce, accord, certify

Words nearby Allowed

allowable, allowable cut, allowance, allowance race, alloway, allowed, allowedly, alloxan, alloxuremia, alloxuria, alloy

Origin of Allowed

1250–1300; Middle English alowen < Anglo-French al(l)o(u)er to place, allot, allow, Old French aloer to place < Late Latin allocāre; see al-, locus; the older sense “approve, sanction” and Middle English sense “praise” probably by taking the Anglo-French v. as representing Medieval Latin, Latin adlaudāre to praise; see ad-, laud

Words that may be confused with Allowed

allowed, allude, aloud, elude

Other words from Allowed

un·al·lowed , adjective
pre·al·low , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Allowed

C14: from Old French alouer, from Late Latin allaudāre to extol, influenced by Medieval Latin allocāre to assign, allocate

Synonyms for Allowed

grant, acquiesce, avow, concede, confess, own, let on