Todays words - ALLOWED -v- ALOUD

 

ALLOWED   and   ALOUD

An aide-memoir could be, "Happy to be allowed to sing aloud".

Allowed is a verb and means the following

- Permitted, authorised, acceptable and ok to do.

Someone, or society, must allow something for it to be allowed

Allowed things are permitted, sanctioned, approved and endorsed

To be allowed is a permissive thing, but the opposite if disallowed

An allowance does not mean being allowed

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Aloud is an adverb and means the following:

- Speaking or generating sound that is loud enough to be heard.

Thoughts are silent but you may speak them aloud to have then heard.

A book is usually read silently, but read aloud for others to hear it.

Speaking aloud is sometime imprudent.

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There is an index of words of the day.

If you are brave or foolish enough to dig into the different types of words in English, try this.