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adjective

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.

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Origin of allowed

First recorded in 1300–50; allow, -ed²

un·al·lowed, adjective

allowed , aloud

The Siri & Search entry, for example, means data from an allowed app will show up when you search your device manually or with Siri.
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A Wall Street person should not be allowed to help oversee the Dodd-Frank reforms.
Antonio Weiss Is Not Part of the Problem|Steve Rattner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In other words, Florida clerks were no longer allowed to turn gay couples away.
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During an emergency that ratio could be allowed to drop to 8.5 people per orbit.
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States were encouraged and allowed to lower standards to make it appear they were improving.
The ‘No Child’ Rewrite Threatens Your Kids’ Future|Jonah Edelman|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Users “should be allowed to use these devices and services the way they were intended,” Brookman says.
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In these rooms male and female alike were confined, at one time to the number of fifteen; each being allowed 3d.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
It took twenty Eskimos to hold it when allowed full play, and even these it jerked about in a manner that highly diverted them.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
I went out, and found a Mont de Piet, just beyond the limits of the Principality; they aren't allowed inside.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
I found that I had been allowed to acquire certain bad habits and besetting sins—most people do.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
There is more of the uplifted forefinger and the reiterated point than I should have allowed myself in an essay.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells