how to pronounce allowed

/əˈlaʊd/

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allowed is pronounced in two syllables

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of allowed

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An example use of allowed in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… is now no longer allowed to engage with …”

meanings of allowed

adjective:

  1. Allotted.
  2. Acknowledged; admitted to be true.
  3. Permitted, authorized.

verb:

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of allow.

allowed frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word allowed occurs in english on average 95.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics allowed can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that allowed can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to allowed

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