allowed
permitted or authorized: In chess, there are only 64 squares with 16 pieces and very specific allowed moves.
Physics. involving a change in quantum numbers, permitted by the selection rules: allowed transition.
Origin of allowed
1Other words from allowed
- un·al·lowed, adjective
Words that may be confused with allowed
- allowed , aloud
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How to use allowed in a sentence
And love unsanctioned, unallowed—perhaps forbidden, by some one who has ascendancy over her.
The Death Shot | Mayne ReidThese unallowed practices are, at the same place, contrasted with true leechcraft, the skill of a doctor: comp.
He would needs, by his usual power, have a thing allowed him which by the laws was unallowed.
The Confessions of Saint Augustine | Saint AugustineFor he realised that he had come within their outer precincts unallowed.
The Unknown Sea | Clemence HousmanThere are sides to one's soul, absolutely unallowed for in the ordinary scheme of civilized existence.
Cleo The Magnificent | Louis Zangwill
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