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disallow
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English
Etymology
From Middle English disallowen, desallowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman desalouer, Old French desalöer. By surface analysis, dis- + allow.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌdɪsəˈlæɔ/
- Rhymes: -aʊ
Verb
disallow (third-person singular simple present disallows, present participle disallowing, simple past and past participle disallowed)
- To refuse to allow.
- The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.
- To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
- The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.
- 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
- England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd.
- (UK, law, historical) To overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:prohibit
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to refuse to allow — see forbid
to reject as invalid, untrue, or improper
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