allowed

al-lowed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of allow; gave permission for something.

  2. 2.

    Made something possible; enabled.

  3. 3.

    Set aside time or resources for something.

Related words

Antonyms: banned, forbidden, prevented, prohibited
See also: allow, allowing, allows, permitted
Synonyms: authorized, enabled, let, permitted

Etymology

Past tense of allow, from Old French alouer ("to place, allocate, approve"), from Latin allaudare ("to praise").