allowed

uh-LOWD/əˈlaʊd/

4 meanings of allowed

1
verb
Simple past and past participle of allow.
The new policy allowed employees to work from home.
Steady spring rain allowed the reservoir to refill.
UsageFor permission, use to + verb: allowed her to leave, was allowed to stay. For a share, two objects: allowed him a week.
2
adjective
Permitted or authorized; officially given leave to occur.
Visitors are allowed in the gallery between nine and five.
Check the list of allowed items before you pack your carry-on bag.
UsageSay smoking is not allowed or you are not allowed to smoke, not ~~incorrect: it is not allowed to smoke~~.
Similarpermitted, authorized
Oppositeforbidden, prohibited, banned
3
adjectiverare
Given or assigned as a share, portion, or fixed quantity.
UsageIn modern writing, allotted is clearer: an allowed portion now sounds like a permitted one.
Note
An older use in which allowed means measured out rather than permitted: one's allowed portion, the allowed time. It is the adjective of allow in its sense of letting someone have a suitable share.

Less common meaning

4
adjectiverare
Conceded or recognized as true.
UsageUsually in it is allowed that, often with generally or unanimously. Today acknowledged or admitted is clearer.
Note
The voice of eighteenth-century consensus: Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman declares that "it is unanimously allowed that sex is out of the question."

allowed is a form of allow

allow, verb: To make it possible for something to happen, or to let it happen by not standing in its way. Full entry

Forms: allowallows he/she/itallowing -ing formallowed past tense, past participle
Spelling: allow → allowed: add -ed
Sound: The ending sounds like /d/.

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