alleges
- 1Third-person singular present of allege.
The lawsuit alleges that the firm ignored several safety regulations.
The article alleges misconduct by two senior officials.
Note
The present-tense form that carries an accusation while keeping its distance from it. What someone alleges is asserted without proof, so the verb lets a writer report a charge without endorsing it. It takes either a that-clause (the suit alleges that the firm ignored the rules) or a plain object (alleges misconduct). Older uses, such as pleading under oath or citing an author, now survive only as archaic or obsolete meanings.
alleges is a form of allege
allege, verb: To put forward a claim as justification or proof; to assert something without offering proof. Full entry
- Spelling
- allege → alleges: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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