allowed
Americanadjective
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permitted or authorized.
In chess, there are only 64 squares with 16 pieces and very specific allowed moves.
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Physics. involving a change in quantum numbers, permitted by the selection rules.
allowed transition.
Other Word Forms
- unallowed adjective
Etymology
Origin of allowed
Example Sentences
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A former teacher in Walsall says the secondary school where she used to work had the opposite problem - pupils usually weren't allowed to take their blazers off, leaving them uncomfortable at times.
From BBC
Centerview had previously moved to dismiss the case, arguing in court filings that there was no reasonable accommodation that would have allowed Shiber to perform the essential parts of the role.
Separately, a federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected an emergency motion by Kalshi that would have allowed it to keep doing business in Nevada while its own case against the state is litigated.
Our continental spread allowed people to “light out for the territory,” in Mark Twain’s phrase, to shed one identity and assume another — a cowboy, maybe, or a con-man.
From Los Angeles Times
Twice, he watched Olympic dreams and six-figure contracts disappear because he was not legally allowed to work or travel.
From BBC
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