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allowed

adjective

  1. permitted, authorized; not forbidden
  2. sanctified; religiously or morally permissible
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əˈlaʊd/

adj

  1. Permitted, authorized.

    Can she come? -She'll be allowed to go later.

    The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of reading. He might be allowed fifteen minutes to read this book, for instance—or even a book twice as long.

  2. Allotted.
  3. Acknowledged; admitted to be true.

    With respect to the culture of the heart, it is unanimously allowed that sex is out of the question […]

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of allow