afforded

[uh-fawr-did]

adjective

1. offered or made available; provided.

   Here at our hotel, you can relax and gaze out over the city while enjoying every afforded comfort.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of afford.

Other Word Forms

• unafforded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of afforded¹

First recorded in 1730–40, for an earlier sense; afford ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective; afford ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb

Example Sentences

Indeed, it is not a novel at all, and it has been categorized as such only because of a curious dispensation afforded to the French to affix that label to any book they want.

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"Our children have experienced frightening, scary, overwhelming, terrifying things. They should be afforded treatment for that," says Fiona Wells from Patch.

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Liverpool do not make snap decisions and afforded Brendan Rodgers more than three seasons as manager despite finishing outside the top four twice.

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Just as humans are all the same at birth, they’re alike in death, too, afforded an equal opportunity to find their ideal eternity.

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But when afforded the chance to give evidence in his own defence, Carrick declined to step up to the witness box.

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Related Words

• grant 
• offer 
• provide