Vocab Tadka : Aloud vs Allowed (Confusing Words)
Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Aloud & Allowed.
ALOUD
| 1 | (r) | using the voice; not silently Type: ‘adv.all’ Usage: ‘please read the passage aloud’ Usage: ‘he laughed out loud’ Synonym: out loud, |
| 2 | (r) | with relatively high volume Type: ‘adv.all’ Usage: ‘the band played loudly’ Usage: ‘she spoke loudly and angrily’ Usage: ‘he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him’ Usage: ‘cried aloud for help’ Synonym: loud, loudly, |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- A new national initiative, it is aimed at encouraging parents to spend just a few minutes a day reading aloud to their children.
- That night it came Fifteen came to the altar, crying aloud for mercy.
Aloud
ALLOW
| 1 | (v) | make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen Type: ‘verb.social’ Usage: ‘This permits the water to rush in’ Usage: ‘This sealed door won’t allow the water come into the basement’ Usage: ‘This will permit the rain to run off’ Synonym: let, permit, |
| 2 | (v) | consent to, give permission Type: ‘verb.communication’ Usage: ‘She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband’ Usage: ‘I won’t let the police search her basement’ Usage: ‘I cannot allow you to see your exam’ Synonym: countenance, let, permit, |
| 3 | (v) | let have Type: ‘verb.possession’ Usage: ‘grant permission’ Usage: ‘Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison’ Synonym: grant, |
| 4 | (v) | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause Type: ‘verb.cognition’ Usage: ‘I will earmark this money for your research’ Usage: ‘She sets aside time for meditation every day’ Synonym: appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside, |
| 5 | (v) | make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain Type: ‘verb.stative’ Usage: ‘This leaves no room for improvement’ Usage: ‘The evidence allows only one conclusion’ Usage: ‘allow for mistakes’ Usage: ‘leave lots of time for the trip’ Usage: ‘This procedure provides for lots of leeway’ Synonym: allow for, leave, provide, |
| 6 | (v) | allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something Type: ‘verb.cognition’ Usage: ‘I allow for this possibility’ Usage: ‘The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash’ Synonym: take into account, |
| 7 | (v) | afford possibility Type: ‘verb.stative’ Usage: ‘This problem admits of no solution’ Usage: ‘This short story allows of several different interpretations’ Synonym: admit, |
| 8 | (v) | allow the other (baseball) team to score Type: ‘verb.social’ Usage: ‘give up a run’ Synonym: give up, |
| 9 | (v) | grant as a discount or in exchange Type: ‘verb.possession’ Usage: ‘The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera’ |
| 10 | (v) | allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting Type: ‘verb.communication’ Usage: ‘We don’t allow dogs here’ Usage: ‘Children are not permitted beyond this point’ Usage: ‘We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital’ Synonym: permit, tolerate, |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- Ten minutes was allowed for each speaker, so even this briefing was much abridged.
- No waste material should be allowed to accumulate anywhere in the premises, at the perimeter fence or on the roofs.
- I should have been allowed to play football.
allowed
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